In the first shot, I was trying to do something with that double pointer
cone. Not entirely sure what I hoped to accomplish, but I wanted to capture
how drivers would lock onto this key cone as their apex. Instead of
focusing on the cars, I tried focusing on the cone and letting the cars blur
a little around it. Not sure I actually _did_ that, as my camera probably
focused on a point closer to me. but I think the composition also throws off
the goal.
So, to copy stephen, I did some cropping, and I think it helps a lot.
Again, I'll have to fumble through _why_ this is, but cutting out most of
the foreground and background takes away most of the distraction. The empty
space--and, helpfully, that one diagonal white marking--creates something
like a tension...like a vacuum the car ought to fill. It seems to do
something to strengthen the relationship between the Stig's eyes (or at
least his visor, since he doesn't have eyes) and the double pointer cone as
the fulcrum of the car's arc.
Ok, that's all nonsense, but the cropped one is better somehow.
Moving on... third shot I'm also not sure about. I thought it'd give a
sense of urgency and speed to shoot the finish with the cars flying by, but
like the miata shot above, there's some drama missing. I feel I had more
success with the tracking shots across the finish like in yesterday's post.
Maybe it's just the angle...dead-broadside might just be a little
too...clinical.
Anyway...
Oh, (to pull the now-cliched steve jobs move) one more thing...hee.
2 comments:
wow. with every post you raise the bar.
aggressive cropping helps to concentrate the shot on the subject matter. (http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/fill-your-frame/)
anything that eliminates distractions for the viewer will contribute to the shot... grayscale, narrow DOF, eliminating competing focal points.. pretty much everything listed here (http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/getting-backgrounds-right/)
love the one of stiggy. i liked how you left room in the frame for him to move into, but i think a slightly larger aperture would've been useful here. you managed to capture a billion things among he-who-eats-titanium that no one cares about (signs and fence and sidewalk and all that). WHICH YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO NOW THAT YOU HAVE THE D40 OMFG
for some reason i think the third shot would work in grayscale. (try it!) i think it's b/c everything important is nearly the same color, so you might as well just elmininate the color. the absurdly deep DOF actually contributes this time (i think) b/c there aren't many competing focal points back there.. just vast expanse of parking lot, which i think adds contrast.
and okay fine i owe you lunch. although i demand we take some sort of photo excursion afterwards. fricken YES i can't believe you got it this is gonna be awesome
might i say along those same lines (competing focal points) that the first shot is rubbish. HAHA.. gotta tell it like it is (although i'm gonna regret it later when you bring down the hammer on one of my shots)
there's just way too much going on in the background.
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