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I was, you know, making some photos on Hollywood blvd. And since the Swine flu is in full effect it's pretty important to go out in public and not get others sick with it... as you, you know, wave your wolverine hand around as you wait for famous people to show up.

Where do I live?????

As for the critique you may opt to provide me, I'm just learning and I really enjoy street photography as a concept, so I'm trying to be respectful and only submit deviations that show signs of progress. I would really enjoy your feedback.

Thanks.

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:iconlostkitten:
The image is certainly amusing, but I'd like to see more focus on your primary subject either through more background blur or a different angle that makes him the central focus.

I'm honestly not the greatest behind a camera, most of what I've done has been in front of them. But my husband has tried to teach me about ISO and shutter speed. It seems like your image is a little over-exposed, in particular in the top right corner that's capturing the sky.

If I remember what Mario attempted to teach me accurately the amount of exposure in an image has to do with your ISO. When you have a lot of light then you should have a low ISO so your image doesn't get over-exposed like that.

Aside from those two minor things I think you did a good job. You don't have any crazy blurring going on from instability and it doesn't resemble something from a camera phone, so you're doing alright. :D

Good luck with your photography endeavors and be sure to wash your hands good since you were mingling with the swine flu wolverine. :)
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The only thing I dislike is the negative white space in the upper right corner. May have been sweet if the guy with the Wolverine hands extended over that way, but I like how you are capturing two culture identities of entertainment and medical. It's not often you see the two things mixed like this because usually medical depicts tragedy and the 'bad' things with humanity, while entertainment allows us to forget those things or even invent things to cure. The inclusion of the crowd helps and I like the time of day with the sun beginning to set- adds a nice light and drama to the scene.
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:iconcynferdd:
Nice shot, but I think there's a problem with the light and the colours (light too strong, colours not enough "catchy"). Did you try to put it in B&W?

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Good control of the light. a lot of people have problems with shooting directly into the light, getting frames that are either too bright or too dark. this has a happy balance,

The moment you caught is interesting, and your composition is quite good.. I might have pushed in a little closer, gotten the man with the mask/claw right up against the edge of the frame

glad to see you both submitting more serious work, and especially in the street genre ;)

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Photo looks great, however I would run it through photoshop would make a great photomanip with a "doomsday" feeling to it, but keeping it largely unchanged just sky + lighting mods.

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Nice shot! :)

but where do you live? ha ha ;P
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so is Mexico the only country with severe cases?

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I respect your perspective, because I really like your gallery. Seems you clearly know what you're talking about better than I ;) But I was actually kind of happy with the light levels, I was actually specifically working on capturing light head on like this (I'm almost aiming at the sun here...) and I kinda wanted this blown out effect up there. hmm, but you're right, many of the clothes are a little distorted as well color wise... I will work on that next time.

I appreciate it!!

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hmm, now that you mention it my framing isn't that great at all... I shot this *really* fast though if that helps... we're talking lift, aim, click in under a couple of seconds... trying to be discreet, cuz that's half the fun of being a street ninja. LOL

but right on man, I'm gonna play with this in photoshop a bit and see if I can make a better result.

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thanks! gonna play with another version in photoshop just to improve the composition a bit... great feedback here (on the thread in general) with which to improve.

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Heh, you're ahead of me in the photography front. I get death stares in Sydney if I try and do stuff like that :B

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