Ian Bramham's Photoblog
After the Rain
Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 30 January 2008 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
An early morning walk down the Champs Elysees
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Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
You've caught the essence of rain so beautifully here, it's the perfect rain mood photo :)
30 Jan 2008 12:32pm
@Lorraine: Cheers Lorraine....I had problems deciding how to process this one and I'm still not sure about it but thanks for the encouragement!
jkjond from Grange-over-Sands, United Kingdom
Hehee, do you like this one?
First glance is fine, but I don't think it is enduring. The figure placement is the weakest aspect - it may even be better with no figure. Much as I hate acknowledging the ROT (sorry, can't spell it out) the figure really would benefit from being on, or close to, the thirds intersection. Then there's that curious tension between foreground and the rest... just a little too much. Then the final problems are the top left light, and the nice blue to the right. They are both just that bit too far out. I think sacrificing the top left with a pan to the right to cash in on the blue would have been a more pleasing composition. Hey, while I'm at it, I don't think the colour is strong enough! A bit washed out. So, in conclusion, I'm afraid there is only one solution, you'll have to go back to Paris and reshoot.
Despite all that, I'm sure this one could work pretty well if blown up really big - the kind of size where an image becomes more about sharpness and detail and little to do with placement.
30 Jan 2008 1:38pm
@jkjond: Hi John.....as usual you're a mindreader!
I was processing this one last night but it was giving me major problems.....the end result of which was that I ended up overcooking it.....or should that be undercooked it, given the over desturation of the colours? :-)
The main attraction of it for me obviously is the shiny wet pavement but there are a number of problems with the composition, as you've spotted. One of the biggest dissapointments is the horizontal banding in the foreground paving which totally stops the eye from moving into the photo. You're right about the crop suggestion....I did think about it last night but bottled it through being indecisive.
I think the main frustration is that it's an image which should be salvageable but it was beyond me last night
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
You guys are just too technical...really what about the soul of a photo, the passion, the life of it. You can take a picture, but I'd much rather a picture take me. Don't get so technical that you lose the emotion...techniques can enhance but it gets too much and you lose some real moments! OK I"M DONE ;)
31 Jan 2008 10:59am
Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan
The feeling of the composition is very nice!
Gabriela
1 Feb 2008 10:46am
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
I guess I fall somewhere in between Lorraine and jkjond on this. I generally agree about the compositional flaws, especially the too much sidewalk in the foreground, but the other elements that generate the mood are compensatory, the summation still producing a nice image.
7 Feb 2008 3:08pm
Nikon D40
1/8 second
F/2.8
ISO 200
45 mm (35mm equiv.)