Cedric MASSOULIER
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"Small man and the City Draft" aka "The Great Architect" - Cedric Massoulier
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Small man and the City Draft
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"Small man and the City Draft" aka "The Great Architect" - Cedric Massoulier
Minox 35 GT-E & Portra 160NC
Coolscan V ED - Photoshop CS3
Daniel Buck
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I like it, that's a fun shot!
Rod Snaith
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I really like this shot.
Two things that drew my eye away though was the top of the bridge and the curve line on the central building being cropped. I found it distracting. I wonder if they were intact if one's eyes would stay in the picture?
Two things that drew my eye away though was the top of the bridge and the curve line on the central building being cropped. I found it distracting. I wonder if they were intact if one's eyes would stay in the picture?
Mike Shimwell
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Love it Cedric - a strong sentiment. I agree I would prefer the curve on the buildnig to be complete, but I didn't notice until Rod pointed it out.
Mike
Mike
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Annoyingly Satisfying!
Yes, the curves do upset us like a pole coming through a guys head in a portrait. Yes, that's our reaction. However, here, the picture is about incompletion! Everything is in a partial state. The man himself has no feet! So these incomplete edges add that consistent annoyance which in fact boosts the energy of the photograph.
Cedric,
If we had more of the man's immediate space around him free, with a complete body, that might be stronger. I'd also work with the lighting and sharpening to enhance attention to him.
Asher
Mike and Rod,
Yes, the curves do upset us like a pole coming through a guys head in a portrait. Yes, that's our reaction. However, here, the picture is about incompletion! Everything is in a partial state. The man himself has no feet! So these incomplete edges add that consistent annoyance which in fact boosts the energy of the photograph.
Cedric,
If we had more of the man's immediate space around him free, with a complete body, that might be stronger. I'd also work with the lighting and sharpening to enhance attention to him.
Asher
Cedric MASSOULIER
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Second place, very close to the first one :
Gary Ayala
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So that one guy is the constructor? He must be very busy.
Where are all these new building being erected. Looks like it may be a convention center w/ hotels. Where were you standing?
Gary
Where are all these new building being erected. Looks like it may be a convention center w/ hotels. Where were you standing?
Gary
Cedric MASSOULIER
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All these buildings are offices in La Defense, business area in west of Paris and where i work.
I was standing at the top of a pedestrian bridge to shoot these pictures, near my own office building.
In fact, i shoot pictures in this place for months and months, i have dozens of similar shots, in colour and b&w, winter and summer, etc
I was standing at the top of a pedestrian bridge to shoot these pictures, near my own office building.
In fact, i shoot pictures in this place for months and months, i have dozens of similar shots, in colour and b&w, winter and summer, etc
Gary Ayala
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Ahhh... La Défense bien sûr, l'ouest de centre-ville et l'Arc de Triomphe
Rod Snaith
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Thanks for the alternative viewpoint, Asher. Every day on here is an education
So, now I have a "what if" question for everyone's imagination:
Say we cloned out the second man, left our architect behind, but cropped him off so he was nothing but a body waving his arms around? Like we so often see a maestro on TV? Then allowed the central building and the bridge to be "completed"? I believe the dichotomy of completed versus incomplete, with our "maestro" in place for more could be a rather powerful image.
So what say you? Am I allowing my imagination to be too over-active again?
Rod