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[Tuna]

[gahspidy]

Quite nice , Tuna. Personally though, I don't think the inclusion of the upper portion is needed and would bring the sign up into the "comfortable third" portion of the frame by cropping it out.I like the tones, and reflections of the letters in the floor. I do wish the girl were standing in front of a white portion of the letters. Aside from those nit piks, i think this is a strong image.

[swmdrayfan]

Tuna, I like your idea here. I agree with Gary though, the shot would look a little cleaner without the overhead stuff.
John

[Tuna]

Gary, John - thanks for the input.

I had already considered the crop you suggest and found it to be much "cleaner", almost sanitized - it works very nicely and I often like that approach for many of my images. I chose not to do that here and left my initial in-camera instincts in place to allow the top to place us better in the "room" - with plenty of strong lines, both vertical and horizontal, for those who like the thirds to be applied. I'm sure there will be others who agree with you...

Gary - as for the placement of the girl, yes, in front of a lighter area would have been better contrast but in situations like this, the moment is often fleeting and I was happy to have a single subject in place (taken in a museum filled with wandering crowds...) and any side to side movement I made ruined my straightened perspective of the backdrop...oh well...

Tuna

[Overbeyond]

High impact stuff here Tuna. The girl standing in front of the dark letter manages to survive pretty well considering. The almost perfect shiny floor provides a nice amount of reflection too of the letters. I agree with Gary about the top.
Tom

[jar_e]

Tuna,

Great shot IMO. The crop doesn't bother me too much, I think it balances the white and creates almost a "sandwich" effect. My only nitpick, as been mentioned before, was that the girl was standing in front of a white section.

Other than that,

Well done,

Jared

[readingr]

Tuna,

I'm going against the crowd, in that I think you should do nothing her its spot on for me.

I like the context of the sign in a big empty room and the lights giving the context to the reflection of the sign on the shiny floor, giving the impression of either a big auditorium or train station or the like. It also gives me the impression of my daughter who's not allowed to drive in the UK until July calling me up to pick her up from town in a nosy environment. Just read your comment of museum, I got close :-)

I also like the fact that she's against the black of the writing as she lines up perfectly with the vertical of the D and that she is dressed completely in black and still stands out makes it for me.

Roger

[PlantedTao]

Your instinct for catching moments like this are spot on!
I've been trying to get moments like this for the last couple of months...and have realised that when your instincts say take the picture, you better take it. I have waited too long for "the girl to get to the white area" and the shot has been ruined.

So basically, I love this shot because I understand how fleeting this moment was and you captured it nicely in camera. I would not crop it...although I may burn the top a little more.
Another fine moment captured.

Cheers.

[Sebastian]

Tuna,

You have this ability to put little surprises in your photos, stuff that catches me off guard. Wether that's intentional, or wether it's something that is only perceived by me doesn't really matter. I really like the way you capture everyday life in what at first glance appears to be a basic photo but with time reveals more to the viewer.

I think the two most important elements of this shot are the positioning of the girl and the supports at the top of the frame. The girl seems to appear out of nowhere after looking at the shot for a few seconds, she blends in at first. The sign and the worn floor suggest that this photo could have been taken years ago, but further study shows that the girl is talking on a cell phone, narrowing the timeframe the shot was taken in.

The reason I like the ceiling supports is because they contrast the nice clean lines of the sign and the reflections on the floor. They reaffirm that no matter how nice something looks, there is something functional and rather ugly helping to make ti work.

This is the type of photography I like hanging on my wall.

[LeeIs]

Very graphic shot. The kind that I like. I have nothing to nit pick about. great job as always tuna.