The Elephant Man's World

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi All,
Welcome your critique.
yoyo

[Greg McCary]

I never thought of doing that, but I like it. Well done and perfect placement of the person. Nice shooting.

[Don Schaeffer]

Clever photo

[GB1]

Wow, that is really different Yoyo. The fellow seems like he's leaning backwards too. The green adds to the shot.

Where have you been?
GB

[Yoyo Szeto]

Greg, Thanks for the kind words. I am very glad that you like the shot.

Don, Thanks for the comment.


Hi GB, You have pointed out my main worry about the leaning man. I have been busy with my job and left my camera idle for a while.

yoyo

[Didache]

Yoyo - I love this to bits! It makes you look twice, which is a great aim for any photography. Without the man the building wouldn't work .. without the tilt of the building the man wouldn't work. It all fits beautifully.

Cheers
Mike

[readingr]

Yoyo,

This is wonderful, when I looked at this first = I thought it was upside down because of the vents in the door and the way the man is standing emphasised this for me.

I really like the angles and the subtle colours and the way the chap is not quite in line with the pillar and leaning back adds a bit of juxtaposition to the building and the chap. The arrows add to this feel especially with the fork in the arrow which mimics the arc in his back.

Nothing but praise from me and this should be FP.

Roger

[Overbeyond]

Sorry Yoyo but this one is not doing it for me. I acknowledge the quirkiness of the idea and the title but the end result here does not hold my attention in the manner that all your work normally does.

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi Mike, Thanks for the analysis. I am very glad that you like the photo.

Hi Roger, Thanks for the kind words. I have not thought about the arrow and thanks for the insight.

Hi Tom, I always appreciate your frankness.

yoyo

[livin4lax09]

haha, great! Very clever and well executed, with great tones and composition. It's a winner in my book!

Thought it still seems slanted down to the left a bit...maybe it's an optical illusion though. Kind of one of those "you wouldn't believe that both lines are the same length!" things.

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi L,
Thanks for the kind words and the analysis. I have checked the horizontal level again in PS but it seems okay (0.1 degree to be exact). I guess the slant may due to the broken curb on the right.
yoyo

[Dylan8i]

i like this photo as well, and i think if the man wasn't leanign back it wouldn't work. that said i do agree with overbeyond, in that it is much more simple than your usual work, and thus doesn't hold my attention as well as those, after the initial whoaaa whats going on here.

[Yoyo Szeto]

Dylan,
Thanks a lot for the analysis.
yoyo

[Herriot]

Fantastic Yoyo.

The pose of the subject really helps this photograph jump out at the viewer, great colours and I think that it works very well indeed for what it is, a clever high impact image.

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi Herriot,
Thanks again for your kind words and analysis.
yoyo