A Break from winter and a few photos from a 'walk about' downtown

The red stairway gets a reshoot

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My blue fence is revisited

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A street man with two amputations. His artificial legs were painted at the top with flames insignia.

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Those stairs look a LOT better. Nice job on those. The fence looks a little too blue for me. It is one of those shots where I might try selective coloring. Selective coloring is often used too much, but when used in the right situations it can be really dramatic. You never know until you try. The homeless man is a timeless piece. Its unfortunate that there is a really bright spot next to his head. That is extremely distracting. You probably didnt have much time with him, but I think you could have done much better. Maybe try converting in to BW and see what happens.

Back Alley at The Camera Store

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I think the lens flare is cool here. I took two photos and a truck came and parked in front of the door. And stayed there. No indication of 'hey gonna just be here a minute' he just looked away. I thought it was kind of rude, especially since the sign says NO PARKING.

For post 1 I'd like to have my own opinion but JJ has pretty much said my thoughts exactly.

I agree ... the lens flare works for me in the Camera Store shot. I'd probably crop the cement out or paint it black in PP.

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Originally Posted by jjeling

Those stairs look a LOT better. Nice job on those. The fence looks a little too blue for me. It is one of those shots where I might try selective coloring. Selective coloring is often used too much, but when used in the right situations it can be really dramatic. You never know until you try. The homeless man is a timeless piece. Its unfortunate that there is a really bright spot next to his head. That is extremely distracting. You probably didnt have much time with him, but I think you could have done much better. Maybe try converting in to BW and see what happens.

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I took just the one photo of the homeless man. The white sign was unfortunate. That blue fence is that blue but I might try the selective coloring thing. It's kind of an obsession, that fence. :)

I can see why it would be an obsession. Colors are always an awesome thing to photograph. It isnt always clear how to compose them though. Maybe if you step back and then get closer with the lens. Make sure the fence completely fills the frame, and put one of the fence posts on one of the thirds. The color, texture and lines of the fence would make a picture full of color and texture. Its not always about what is around the obejct, keeping the object completely isolated works wonders.

Hopefully this will give you an idea of what I was talking about in my previous post.

I think I have a bit stronger composition here. I will go back and do a straight on shot too. This composition was intended as an exercise in leading lines.
Also wanted to try out my new telephoto lens. ;) Thanks for your help, jj.

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haha. The leading lines are definitly there. There is a slight issue with this subject though. Leading lines are usually meant to LEAD to another subject. They are a way to use one subject to introduce another subject. Here, the subject is the fence. The fence is being used as a leading line, away from itself, so its displeasing/distracting etc. If you were to convert to black and white, it would be completely different. The fence would not have the same impact as the color does. Try that out as well just to make note of the differences. Glad I could help you out. They are good, keep them coming.