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To claim or not to claim even. This keeps the eye busy no doubt It's got great clarity all round. Very interesting and enjoyable shot Tuna.

I agree with Tom. Another great picture. Your compositional skills are the best.

#1 I like it.

#2 I am not sure if the top third of the image above the sign really adds much to the image. If you crop it out you end up with a much stronger presence for the signs and the woman.

#3 You weren't quite square to the walls therefore everything appears slightly tilted to the right. (A very minor issue).

#1 I like it.

#2 I am not sure if the top third of the image above the sign really adds much to the image. If you crop it out you end up with a much stronger presence for the signs and the woman.

#3 You weren't quite square to the walls therefore everything appears slightly tilted to the right. (A very minor issue).

The top part is essential to the image. It is from there the passengers follow the signs/arrows and jump down to the floor below.:)

I agree with overbeyond that the top is critical. It leads the eye downwards - without that it is just a bunch of signs and a girl.

Having said that, I am somewhat puzzled by this. Usually, Tuna, your images show a wry and well observed piece of life (men reflected in glass, youngsters being boisterous behind oldies, etc). I am not sure, in this case, that you have it. Sure the picture is well taken and interesting to look at - but I am not sure that is enough, at least for your exceptionally high standard. The girl doesn't look fretful/unsure/lost ENOUGH to give us that slide of wryness.

Oddly enough, this is meant as a compliment to your usual quality :D

Cheers
Mike

There were two things that attracted me to this scene. The planar layers from the distant (the check-in counters) to the close (the girl) and to the middle (the darkened above area). It all appeared to me to be very antiseptic. Which is the second aspect that made me take the shot - so bright, so clean and so organized. Just so.

Tuna

I agree the upper part is the part I like. I also like how the image is almost monotone except for the blue signs. I also like isolated, lonely feel to it. How often do you see an Airport that empty?

Overall I like it Tuna but agree that this seems to be a departure from your usual style. I have to agree with Mike that I think that the girl in the scene doesn't look particularly lost although I am guessing that this is taken at terminal 1 in Frankfurt airport, a particularly easy place to get confused as you are outside the immigration area before you go down to collect your bags...

I feel the sterile environment here and appreciate the upper area of the image as it gives me a sense of escape and departure from the medicinal sterile feel of the area below. Also adds depth. I understand what Mike means about the girl in the scene but rather than she not having the "look" or moment I think it is that she blends in and does not stand out strong with all that is going on behind her. That is ok for me, she is not the subject and merely another piece of the environment when my eyes finally do scan and see her in the midst.
lol, Tom, you now have me imagining that she jumped down off the top shelf and just sprung back up to posture with those big boots.
I enjoy this photo alot.

It is very busy and therefore not a typical Tuna photo from my point of view...Anyway, it is interesting to see all the signs and colours and surfaces and within the girl who looks a little bit puzzled (Is it in Frankfurt?). I am not sure about the blown out part in the poster behind the girl. I often have such blown out bits in my photos and I struggle to keep them or even post them here coz I have learnt especially from this forum that they are not so good. Maybe you guys can say something about the white areas, especially when are they "allowed"?

It is very busy and therefore not a typical Tuna photo from my point of view...Anyway, it is interesting to see all the signs and colours and surfaces and within the girl who looks a little bit puzzled (Is it in Frankfurt?). I am not sure about the blown out part in the poster behind the girl. I often have such blown out bits in my photos and I struggle to keep them or even post them here coz I have learnt especially from this forum that they are not so good. Maybe you guys can say something about the white areas, especially when are they "allowed"?

Sometimes blowouts work, sometimes they are merely acceptable and other times they are detrimental. In this case I feel it is acceptable and actually it seems to help bring the girl out with her dark clothes. so it helps even a bit in that sense.
It's all subjective anyway, isn't it?