Very fine. The moments are very poignant. The compositions are superb. The image tones are perfect. These are the best street images I have seen in a very long while !!!
You do a great job with images that lend themselves to a B&W treatment. #1 is the type of image that had me studying it more and more deeply, so that means SUCCESS as far as I'm concerned
I grinned on #6 when I noticed the matronly, not-altogether-happy bust of the woman in the window. I would be interested to see a shot that contrasts her with the girl on the poster, who appears equally armless...
Strong set. Particularly like the first: that guy frame left makes it.
I know crop suggestions are always dangerous and crops are personal, but I think shot one would be improved (to my eye) if you cropped that sliver of light at the top of the frame and a little of the negative space on the left. It would pull the eye more strongly to the luncheonette text and the bench. That said, I know sometimes a diffused area of focus is what interests you, so maybe you like how these decentralize the frame.
I am paying a lot more attention to your photo posts since we talked a bit a while ago. I keep finding ones that I simply don't get and others that are simply great. The ones I 'don't get' are good for me, though. What am I missing that you find appealing?
This set, again, a few are interesting while a couple do nothing for me..... #1, though, is just great! It hits a bit like the previous photo with the girl on the phone and the guy walking by, and the bus driver behind the guitarist. Simply wonderful shots!
airfrogusmc wrote:
Thanks and have a great trip. Can't wait to see some of the images you come back with.
We are going in December and I'll be sure to post. My kit will be simple, a Lumix LX7, a GorillaPod and some cards. My wife and I are big proponents of traveling light. We went to Scotland for 10 days and only carried a carryon bag and small backpack each.
I also don't want to see this trip through a viewfinder. I want to visit and interact with my Italian friends that I haven't met yet. It's a balancing act between taking time to capture the incredible scenery and living the experience. Sorry to get all philosophical.
airfrogusmc wrote:
Tuscany?
Tuscany it is. This trip is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of our first kiss, which was in Florence. It was August 10, 1966. We are having to push up the date a little because of work schedules and caring for aging parents. The good news is that it will be less crowded and not nearly as hot as August. Deb was all of 14 and I was 15.
We have found a centrally located agriturismo and will stay there the entire time. Everything we want to do - Florence, Lucca, Pisa, Montepulciano, Siena and Assisi is either less than 1 1/2 hours away or on the way to or from Rome airport. We want to visit some Christmas fairs at night, probably in Siena.
I'm taking scans of slides I took on the first trip and will try to replicate them.
