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14-JUN-2006 Brent

Marketplace

Canon EOS 30D ,Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
1/20s f/7.1 at 21.0mm iso400 hide exif
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Date/Time14-Jun-2006 13:16:38
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Canon DSLR Challenge25-Jun-2006 00:49
Whiplash, schmiplash... I'm black-n-blue all over! Expect to be served the papers Monday morning. BTW, you might consider selling this image to an amusement park as a ride! LOL! ~ Lonnit
ctfchallenge24-Jun-2006 17:53
Ah, the true reason for all your interest in my image is coming out Lonnit- you plan to sue me for the whiplash viewing it caused you?
-Brent
Canon DSLR Challenge24-Jun-2006 16:44
OMG, you don't even get to pick out your own produce? Not a chance I'd be shopping there. Need I say that I am very particular about my produce? LMAO!!!

You're right about having the viewer look around and find interesting little bits not obvious at first, and I agree 100%. It keeps them looking and viewing and enjoying. That said, with the intensity of the strong lines in this image, one is WHOOOOOSHED to the rear of the store so quickly that it disables the ability to browse the image. It's an incredibly powerful leading line image in that you step into the image and it rips you off your feet, sending you hurtling at break-neck speed to the rear, with nary a moment to glance at anything. And when you come around again, for another chance to ride, once again, you try to take in the sights, but yet again, before you can blink, you've been slammed to the rear of the room. This makes for a highly energetic image, that is a fun ride, but there's not a chance in hell you're going to get to stop and smell the roses - er, I mean oranges! LOL! Which, BTW, is probably a good thing, based on the threat of the sign! LOL! So, if you disturb it, do they throw the rotten produce from under the counter at you? ;) LOL! ~ Lonnit
ctfchallenge24-Jun-2006 05:12
Hey Guys, this is an "exhibition" photo shot for another challenge. It has strong leading lines and I felt it was at least "decent" for this topic. I didn't lose sight of the humor in the setting either; see my comment under the same image in this gallery-
http://www.pbase.com/ctfchallenge/image/61877407
Sometimes it doesn't hurt to make the viewer look around a bit to get everything the image has to offer- don't you think?
Try and enjoy the pretty colors anyway if it doesn't work for you- my feelings won't be hurt :-)
-Brent
Guest 24-Jun-2006 04:48
Gotcha, Lonnit, I understand. I agree that these lines are very cohesive, really strong, and anything else in this image is subservient. It's a very interesting idea on your part to pull the primary subject all the way to the front with the humorous sign and let the perspective flow from that point of view. BTW, I think the sign says "Don't even think about disturbing the display", LOL!

Brent, you were very successful in your stated goal to use the lines to accentuate the extraordinary depth. With a scene this strong, I think that if you put half a dozen photographers out there then you'd get half a dozen views with entirely different subjects and visual goals. Fun piece to discuss. -Michael
Canon DSLR Challenge24-Jun-2006 03:17
Brent, to me, the subject *IS* the lines. It's got to be b/c they're so strong that we are not able to stop and wander thru the image. So, that makes it an incredibly on-topic image for the challenge. However, I don't know, in the outside world, that that is sufficient to support the entire image; hence my desire for payoff at the end of the aisle. So, as far as composition and cropping and leading lines go, you did a fine job. I'm just a very critical judge, so don't mind me. ;) ~ Lonnit
Canon DSLR Challenge24-Jun-2006 03:14
Michael, my thought was not really to put a treat at the end of this - that was just a general statement of the problem with the image. Unlike you, I'm just not able to reatain my focus on the front people. Hard as I try to look at the people on the left, I am instantly sucked into the grey space, way in the back, that surrounds the red brim of the hat. In trying to force my eyes to the foreground, I only just now was able to discover what could have been the major subject here - the funny sign lying on the oranges that says, "Don't even think about ???????ing the display". I never would have caught that if I weren't here talking to you about forcing myself to try to take in the image. ~ Lonnit
Canon DSLR Challenge23-Jun-2006 21:51
Thanks Michael and Lonnit for your much appreciated feedback. This is a very long strip of marketplace Lonnit (actually goes just as deep behind the camera) and I hoped to emphasize that with this image. I guess there is a brass pig at the end of the hall that might be visible without all the people, but it wouldn't be much of a treat being so far away. I thought this worked pretty well for this challenge because even though I shot it prior to the challenge; leading lines were foremost on my mind when taking it. I don't think I did any cropping on this image, yet managed to setup leading lines extending from all four corners here (although the floor makes a weak one). I expect you are seeing the gentleman nearest the camera as the subject rather than the expanse of market and I did the best I could in this crowded situation to lessen his presence by waiting until he turned away from the camera. Maybe that wasn't enough to make this a cozy image for you to view.
-Brent
Guest 23-Jun-2006 21:12
Lonnit, while I understand your point, and it's well taken, I don't feel quite as strongly about it as you do. The middleground shoppers are sufficiently deep in the image and along the perspective lines that I don't feel drawn away from them. With perspective as deep as it is in this image, I'm not sure there could be any treat at the end of the leading lines which could compete with the foreground fruit and the middleground shoppers. Any thoughts on what would work as a treat at the end of the line? -Michael
Canon DSLR Challenge23-Jun-2006 20:29
I do have an issue here: Yes, indeed, we have leading lines, however, they lead to nothing. The actual interest in the image is the people shopping and the produce. The lines all draw us away from that, careening down the aisle, to a dark muddle of nothingness -there's no payoff once you get there. The lines do draw you thru the pic, but they draw you away from the subject, which is counterproductive. So, althogh it's a nice enough looking image, it's difficult to view. If you're going to be so demanding in leading us somewhere, you should have a treat for us when we arrive. :) ~ Lonnit
Guest 23-Jun-2006 19:59
Neat perspective lines formed no matter where you look, all leading to the same location. Great colors. Well seen. -Michael