Robert Watcher
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The Mechanics Shop
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Asher Kelman
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The Mechanics Shop
A great start. I like the high contrast processing. Now can we see the tools they use?
Asher
Andrew Molitor
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I find the high contrast a little much, myself, and would prefer to see a little more midtone here. Also, the fellow on the right is being treated unkindly by the relatively wide lens you're using.
Great timing, though, and that's what's really important. The men are interesting, because of their body language and expressions.
Great timing, though, and that's what's really important. The men are interesting, because of their body language and expressions.
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Andrew,
It never occurred to me that these photographs were missing anything, but you are right, a lot has been sacrificed to get the presentation Rob has achieved. Thanks for pointing it out. As to the anamorphic distortion at the edges, do you think it can be ever accepted as a tool, implying some sense of the photographer packing everything into the image to get his shot?
You make a good point about the high contrast being a personal taste. I like it for this work, but not for my own. The scenes here seem to be related to etchings and so for me it works in this gritty context. The great thing about such processing is that it can be printed at almost any size at it approaches scalability of line drawings.
Asher
Bill McCarthy
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The Mechanics Shop
Really like your handling of the subjects, it feels very right to me. Visually I think you creatively built a connection for me, the viewer, and your inspiration. Very nice!
Best, Bill
Robert Watcher
Well-known member
Thank you all for replying and for your thoughts. Of course the beauty of photography is that it is a personal expression - and so each one of us would handle such a scenario like this, totally different. That is a beautiful thing.
Maggie Terlecki
Moderator
I completely agree and I think that most times the photograph tells us just as much if not more about the photographer than his subjects. I like the pushing of boundaries and, of course, my photo of this exact group of people would be entirely different but that is what makes it art and not just a button being pushed on a camera. You have to own it and make it yours and you definitely do!
Maggie