MF/LF August Outing - 11th August 2012 - Rochor Centre
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Shadowleong
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Getting a bit xian with Digital, find it too flat.
Here is MF lens on a Digital body. Friends! of course.
Ah Leong
Walao too sharp, all my pores etc x_x
Tiredofallthese
Senior Member
hi guys, I took all these few days ago...pls advise thkz 
Thedraperyfalls
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Hi Billy, nice shots - can't wait to see the ones in colour!
I like both your images.
The first one is clean and striking because of the lines and symmetry, and it being BnW really accentuates those graphic elements.
I like how you included a portion of the foreground to give it some sense of place and context.
The variety of window arrangements and shadows cast by the 'poles' add a welcome touch of interest to the images.
For the second-shot, from a purely personal and compositional POV - I find the slant distracting and disconcerting.
However, being privy to the incumbent fate of Rochor, it seems very apt in that it looking like Rochor's falling down.
Rochor's cloistered, caged and is being threatened by those spindly spikes.
It's a good image because it's makes me take a second look and think about it.
I might be reading too much into it, but I swear these are the first thoughts upon viewing the image.
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Hi Jaiyen,
nice meeting you at the outing. Please join us for further ones!
The first image doesn't really work for me as there isn't a real focal point.
My eyes are led upwards along the curves of the tallest buildings, culminating at the tip.
However, there is nothing of interest there, so there's nothing for my eyes to settle upon.
My eyes just go up, up and out of your frame.
As a colour-shot, there's nothing really meaningful in the rendition as well.
With strong lines, it might just work better in BnW.
For the second image, I like how you filled the frame with these structures. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
It makes for a very interesting image, the only gripe I have would be that it might be a tad too distracting.
My eyes bounce around the numerous triangles with no place to settle upon. I don't know where to look.
It might benefit from some focal point to anchor the entire image.
That, or try it in BnW to eliminate the distraction of that jarring cacophony of colours.
For the last image, again, I'm not sure where to look.
Our eyes are usually drawn to the brightest spot of the image.
In the case of this image, it's the bright patch of sky at the bottom left.
My eyes are immediately drawn there, but there is really nothing much to see.
It's an interesting perspective, but again there isn't anything to anchor my eyes or make me want to examine it further.
Hope this helps and happy shooting!
I like both your images.
The first one is clean and striking because of the lines and symmetry, and it being BnW really accentuates those graphic elements.
I like how you included a portion of the foreground to give it some sense of place and context.
The variety of window arrangements and shadows cast by the 'poles' add a welcome touch of interest to the images.
For the second-shot, from a purely personal and compositional POV - I find the slant distracting and disconcerting.
However, being privy to the incumbent fate of Rochor, it seems very apt in that it looking like Rochor's falling down.
Rochor's cloistered, caged and is being threatened by those spindly spikes.
It's a good image because it's makes me take a second look and think about it.
I might be reading too much into it, but I swear these are the first thoughts upon viewing the image.
_________
Hi Jaiyen,
nice meeting you at the outing. Please join us for further ones!
The first image doesn't really work for me as there isn't a real focal point.
My eyes are led upwards along the curves of the tallest buildings, culminating at the tip.
However, there is nothing of interest there, so there's nothing for my eyes to settle upon.
My eyes just go up, up and out of your frame.
As a colour-shot, there's nothing really meaningful in the rendition as well.
With strong lines, it might just work better in BnW.
For the second image, I like how you filled the frame with these structures. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
It makes for a very interesting image, the only gripe I have would be that it might be a tad too distracting.
My eyes bounce around the numerous triangles with no place to settle upon. I don't know where to look.
It might benefit from some focal point to anchor the entire image.
That, or try it in BnW to eliminate the distraction of that jarring cacophony of colours.
For the last image, again, I'm not sure where to look.
Our eyes are usually drawn to the brightest spot of the image.
In the case of this image, it's the bright patch of sky at the bottom left.
My eyes are immediately drawn there, but there is really nothing much to see.
It's an interesting perspective, but again there isn't anything to anchor my eyes or make me want to examine it further.
Hope this helps and happy shooting!
my comments :
Personally I feels that, you have tried to include too many things, and the viewer is confused...
I have done something similar last year July
Singapore city view in B&W | Billy Space
- identify the key subject of interest,
- isolate the rest of the non-important ( not relevant ) elements.
- bring out your intend.
cheers and thanks for sharing your shots :thumbsup:
It is very courageous of some one to ask for critics....
Billy
Personally I feels that, you have tried to include too many things, and the viewer is confused...
I have done something similar last year July
Singapore city view in B&W | Billy Space
- identify the key subject of interest,
- isolate the rest of the non-important ( not relevant ) elements.
- bring out your intend.
cheers and thanks for sharing your shots :thumbsup:
It is very courageous of some one to ask for critics....
Billy
hi guys, I took all these few days ago...pls advise thkz
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Tiredofallthese
Senior Member
lkkang said:
Thx guys for all the advise and noted....how about the snap on the rocher ctr that i posted on saturday? Thx...btw bro billy your shotz are great....thx for sharing cheers
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Thedraperyfalls
New Member
Double Dragons
Dramatic dragon motifs on both his arms and shirt.
Generation
This grandfather and grandson pairing hails from Indonesia.
They were bickering when I approached them, hence the petulant look on the chubby kid's face.
Countdown
An elderly gentleman seated outside the Rochor old folk's home.
His mannerism was so genial that it felt like he is merely counting down to the end.
Fire and Brimstone
Fire and brimstone is the first phrase that comes to mind when describing this former policeman.
He was gesticulating wildly and cursing the ills and perils of our governance.
Garden Warden
The former policeman looking pensive during a rare reprieve in his rant.
Thedraperyfalls
New Member
Blasé
I liked his reclining form with a cigarette in hand, topless, nonchalant and seemingly without a care in the world.
Stroll
This lady and her grandson were taking their daily morning stroll when I approached them.
It would have been so much better in colour.
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Thanks for viewing and sorry for taking so long to finally develop and scan these.
Really messed up the shots with my over-developing and over-agitation of the TFX-2.
:thumbsd:
Shadowleong
New Member
Nice series phill! I find that the grains add a sort of mood to the first few portraits while becoming distracting when you move further away from the subject (Last 2)
Yeah the last shot would work alot better in colour especially with the background, oh well remember to always carry 2 bodies one colour one b&w
Yeah the last shot would work alot better in colour especially with the background, oh well remember to always carry 2 bodies one colour one b&w
Those are nice..but think the exposure etc needs a bit of tuning...especially the uncle shot...
Try this...
In your mind, think about what you want to capture, once you set the subject in,
next is framing, how do you want to frame it..which angle...
lastly, how u execute and present it....
If you look at the picture, u shld be able to feel something