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Some street photography from today.

I hope i'm not posting too many photos. But I would love your opinion on these ones guys. To me they are some of the best i've taken so far. But perhaps not?

The first one I really like the symmetry of the reflection and also the lonely/contemplation of it.

The second I think its my best composed shot to date, in terms of balancing elements that were on the move.

Not sure what you guys think?

-Dave

p.s. also let me know if i'm posting too much =)

Dave,

Div wrote:I hope i'm not posting too many photos.

Thanks for asking, and no; you're well within our guidelines here.

The first one I really like the symmetry of the reflection and also the lonely/contemplation of it.

Absolutely. This is a classic catch.

The second I think its my best composed shot to date, in terms of balancing elements that were on the move.

I'm going to reserve my judgment on this one for a few days.

Div wrote:I hope i'm not posting too many photos. But I would love your opinion on these ones guys. To me they are some of the best i've taken so far. But perhaps not?

nah, not too many, just be aware that quite often images will pass on by with very few comments but alot of views, this is no reflection on the quality of the images btw. There is also a pretty small user base here, well a commenting ones anyway

I looked at the first image on the phone the other day and was impressed, the composition is smart and emotive, it leaves the viewer wondering about the guy sitting on the ground. Improvement? Compositionally it may have been stronger if you had taken a lower POV and given teh leading lines more length and separating the image into thirds, this would mean the foreground would be dominated by the concrete, glass and leading lines to bring the viewer up to the subject and the refelection.

PP wise, I would lighten the reflected side and darken the LHS then bump the contrast just a bit more, just to make it a little harder to distinguish (straight away) which side is the reflected side...

Thanks Gary, just wanted to check i wasn't posting too much, being new and over excited can sometimes be to my detriment =)

As to the second one i should explain more. Whenever i'm trying to capture photos of people I don't know I always seem to never be able to get in the right position. By the time i do i've missed the opportunity. Or if i take the photo its composition is not on. This time I walked up the hill to get above them and was able to wait for the shot to appear. This is what i meant from my best so far.

Big Gerry - I see what you mean regarding more foreground and having the subject sitting on the thirds line (i guess where the horizon would be?)

With the reflection i wished to make them slightly different so the image was more interesting with a (dark side) and light side. I did originally try to make them similar but found the image to be not as appealing as its not symmetrical in the framing. The dark compensates for this i think.

Thanks for the ideas though

-Dave

Dave
I like the first image for the reasons of balance that everyone has stated and I get what you mean with the light and dark, it works well. The second I think could be improved slightly by cropping out the last partial concrete block on the left hand side. It is good work though and I think the b&w works well.

I like the composition in the first one.