First One On

Posted by Michael Zhang (Ithaca, United States) on 6 December 2006 in Cityscape & Urban.

Stu from Kyoto, Japan

you must have been up early to catch this one mate!
I like the colour here....or lack thereof. it's almost b&w but just a hint of colour in the sky top-right. nicely framed too.
did you think about cropping out the tall building on the left? I probably would have but then-again I dont really know what i'm doing. What do you think?

6 Dec 2006 6:02am

@Stu: Very good point. The building should be cropped.

Ben from New York City, United States

Maybe zoom in on the guy. He's hard to see. I like the idea though.

6 Dec 2006 6:29am

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Very nice photo.

6 Dec 2006 7:29am

Dileep from Toronto, Canada

I agree with Stu, but I also think the left side is also interesting.. The light and railing is nice.

6 Dec 2006 2:08pm

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

Its very nice. I like the fact the guys as far away as he is as it allows the viewer to grasp the meaning behind your captioning. As for cropping, Id lose the building but keep the rail. But it's a bit nit picky, It works well enough as it is.

6 Dec 2006 2:45pm

Darren from Tokyo, Japan

Nice photo there. I agree with Stu too. Maybe crop as far as the beginning of th e railing would work well. The light is really good I feel, I like how it's reflecting of the roof of the .... What is it?

7 Dec 2006 12:26am

Kelvin Chan from New York City, United States

If I didn't read the title I wouldn't have seen the man on the walkway. The important element that you're trying to convey is too dark and too small. Like other have said, crop in as much as possible. Also, there are too many blacked out spots. They are just as bad as blown out areas. It's okay for relatively blank places, but that black blob under the canopy really bothers me. Try to avoid this as much as possible. Talking about blown out spots, the reflected sunlights on the canopy are blown out. but maybe it was already in the first place. I'm sorry, I've gotten really anal about exposures. I do like the fact that the horizon is right in the walkway, splicing the guy's head.

7 Dec 2006 4:10am

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