Closely Watched ....

[juzzus]

[drg]

Sharp presentation.

The lettering in the photo I'm seeing appears to be slightly affected by resizing? If I'd suggest anything as an 'improvement', it would be to consider slightly burning the shadow in the upper left to increase the dramatic contrast and enhance the dark to light transition.

I really like this one, the seams in the sidewalk/bridge deck 'point' the eye back into the picture. An interesting variation or even dynamic negative space.

Thanks for showing !

[walterick]

I am first struck by the tones in this image, as well as the sharpness and crispness of the image. I think your sharpening is bordering on ovedone but the tones I love. Good job there. Overall, the image has a "clean" feel to it that I like.

As for the subject, my original impression was that the photographer had his camera pointed at the skyline. Upon further examination, it seems that his lens is pointed down, toward whatever the video camera is pointed at as well. That makes me dislike the subject here. Your title is "closely watched" which means that the subject might be below the deck, whatever the phtographer and camera are looking at. But compositionally, the subject of the image is the city skyline in the distance. This creates a dissonance for me that leaves me disliking the image. I look forward to seeing more of your work as I really like your toning, your composition, and your techical skills.

Best regards,
Rick

[juzzus]

Thanks for dropping by drg and walterick .....

drg ; you're right , i guess the fonts are slightly affected by the compression while uploading ... :blush2:

walterick ; The title of this pic actually aimed at the security camera pointing towards the photog , the security officers probably counting the hair of this photog ... hahaha

[molaselake]

I agree with the tones comment, they're beautiful. No matter how hard I try, mine will probably never be that perfect . It's funny that you make subject (or at least this is what you've indicated) the security camera. For me, the camera is the only thing DETRACTING from the image.

[juzzus]

I agree with the tones comment, they're beautiful. No matter how hard I try, mine will probably never be that perfect . It's funny that you make subject (or at least this is what you've indicated) the security camera. For me, the camera is the only thing DETRACTING from the image.

Thanks for your thots , actually it's not that difficult to achieve this tone ... As for my work flow i usually do it in channel mixer then follow by dogged n burn for final touch up .

[LeeIs]

Gorgeous shot Juzzus. The tones are marvelous. I also thought the photographer was shooting the skyline.

Welcome back btw, haven't seen ya around here for quite some time.

A word of advice though, when you're typing up the name of the shot at the bottom, stay away from kerning (spacing out) lowercase letters too much. They don't look as natural and good kerned. You can kern the hell out of Upper case letters though.