• Please use real names.

    Greetings to all who have registered to OPF and those guests taking a look around. Please use real names. Registrations with fictitious names will not be processed. REAL NAMES ONLY will be processed

    Firstname Lastname

    Register

    We are a courteous and supportive community. No need to hide behind an alia. If you have a genuine need for privacy/secrecy then let me know!
  • Welcome to the new site. Here's a thread about the update where you can post your feedback, ask questions or spot those nasty bugs!

Time flies

John Angulat

pro member
Time flies

JA3_4476sm.jpg

Life in New York...From my wanderings
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
John,

It's intriguing with the ghost figure. The time, almost exactly 9 o'clock is there as a fact and the round clock stops the eye wandering in the picture. So that's a paradox of time flying when it's standing still. But then the ghosting makes us realize that time is really flying.

Consider a white vertical line just to the right of the clock to create a diptych and increase the importance of the ghost. Also could you burn it in a tad?

Asher
 

John Angulat

pro member
Asher,
I too like the paradox, although a more appropriate title might have been "time stands still".
I'll have another go at editing. I agree it may look better if it is lightened a bit.
The original was taken after dark with no WB corrections.
I was trying to keep the sense of night.
That'll be a project for this evening!
 

John Angulat

pro member
Hi Cedric,
Thank you for the comments.
Admittedly, I'm unsure about the framing myself.
My intent was to freeze the clock while allowing the crowd to blur.
Hence, a paradox to the title.
Do you have any suggestions? I'd really appreciate your input.
 

fahim mohammed

Well-known member
John, others are much more articulate than me.

I love this image. Why? The others have said it much better than I could.
 
Top