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I took this image at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, New Jersey last week. I obviouslty, tried to capture the women dancing in the context of the beautifull collanade at this Hindu temple. It is one of the largest in the US.
Was wondering about your thoughts and or areas of improvement.
FL 50, 1/320, ISO 200. PS 2024.
Thanks for your comments.
Patrick
Hi Patrick welcome back. Great location full of wonder and perspective composition - Love the colours and texture. the only thing that stops this being a winner all way to the front page is the lady's position in the frame. If she was a little further back and we could see her face. That would work wonders for me...
Hello Patrick
Thank you for sharing this Happy Dance photo with us. I agree with Daniel's comments completely and also wonder if the image might work well in black and white considering the repeating patterns of the arches.
Good light, Elizabeth
Hi Patrick welcome back. Great location full of wonder and perspective composition - Love the colours and texture. the only thing that stops this being a winner all way to the front page is the lady's position in the frame. If she was a little further back and we could see her face. That would work wonders for me...
Thank you Daniel, I will keep that in mind on my next visit to the temple.
Best regards,
Patrick
Hello Patrick
Thank you for sharing this Happy Dance photo with us. I agree with Daniel's comments completely and also wonder if the image might work well in black and white considering the repeating patterns of the arches.
Good light, Elizabeth
Thank you Elizabeth, I will convert it to see the result.
Kindest regards, Patrick
Hello, Patrick
Welcome back to our forum. The location is really great. When it is important to capture a crucial moment, street photography does not look much for compositional rules of photography. I wonder whether you took the image the last second before the music and the dance ended? If there was still time for you to change your location and position the dancing woman t further back l in the frame, this image would be a winner r as my friend Daniel said above. There are two things that do not work here. First the woman is prevented from enough space where she is standing and this in my view also locks the energy she is creating with the dance. The other point here is that the viewer does not have the opportunity to connect with the woman as they cannot see her eyes. A black and white conversion as Elizabeth suggested might be a game changer thanks to the texture, light, shadow and contrast relationship. However, the image would not have been about the dancing woman then. I wish you good light...Çiçek
Hello, Patrick
Welcome back to our forum. The location is really great. When it is important to capture a crucial moment, street photography does not look much for compositional rules of photography. I wonder whether you took the image the last second before the music and the dance ended? If there was still time for you to change your location and position the dancing woman t further back l in the frame, this image would be a winner r as my friend Daniel said above. There are two things that do not work here. First the woman is prevented from enough space where she is standing and this in my view also locks the energy she is creating with the dance. The other point here is that the viewer does not have the opportunity to connect with the woman as they cannot see her eyes. A black and white conversion as Elizabeth suggested might be a game changer thanks to the texture, light, shadow and contrast relationship. However, the image would not have been about the dancing woman then. I wish you good light...Çiçek
Thanks for the feedback Cicek. I understand your points completely. I am working on a b&w of this and and another similar image. If I come up with anything I will post them .
Warmest regards, Patrick
Hi,
I do love this open temple walkway and you gotten the repeating architectural features perfectly in the image.
As stated before the woman in the front of the image is what takes me back too. I would "loose" her all the way, as your composition is stron without any person in the walkway. If you want to keep a person in, have her pose more for you.
Placed and posed like this it feels to me as if she is an accidental addition and the image just a snapshot (yet I an see from the other placements that it is definatly not).
The suggestion about black and white I do not agree with. I like the warm welcoming toning of the stone here way to much for this.
Hope this helps.
Jochen
Hi,
I do love this open temple walkway and you gotten the repeating architectural features perfectly in the image.
As stated before the woman in the front of the image is what takes me back too. I would "loose" her all the way, as your composition is stron without any person in the walkway. If you want to keep a person in, have her pose more for you.
Placed and posed like this it feels to me as if she is an accidental addition and the image just a snapshot (yet I an see from the other placements that it is definatly not).
The suggestion about black and white I do not agree with. I like the warm welcoming toning of the stone here way to much for this.
Hope this helps.
Jochen
Jochen,
Thanks for taking the time to comment. It seems to be the consensus here that the women in her current location, is not helping the image. I would not say that she is an accidental addition, just a very candid one. I just took a few photos while she was dancing around in the colanade. I haven't given up on it yet, and am trying to make some adjustments. Maybe Iwill even look at taking her out, as you suggested.
Thanks again, and best begards, Patrick
Hi all,
With the negatives about the placement of the women in the image, I thought I would try this other image in the same colonnade, including a diffent tint. Was wondering what you all think?
Regards,
Patrick
I took this image at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, New Jersey last week. I obviouslty, tried to capture the women dancing in the context of the beautifull collanade at this Hindu temple. It is one of the largest in the US.
Was wondering about your thoughts and or areas of improvement.
FL 50, 1/320, ISO 200. PS 2024.
Thanks for your comments.
Patrick
Patrick
Thank you for sharing this picture and your thoughts!
Me looking to this photo bring me straight to one of my "hobbies" within photograpy!
Do you know the magic of vintage 6x6 shaft cameras? They made photographers to shoot low camera positions which makes the model to stand out in full grace and not been looked down on her.
Lower your camera position. Man, this makes a difference!
Does this responce fit your expectations?
Enjoy shooting snd all the best light with you!
I took this image at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, New Jersey last week. I obviouslty, tried to capture the women dancing in the context of the beautifull collanade at this Hindu temple. It is one of the largest in the US.
Was wondering about your thoughts and or areas of improvement.
FL 50, 1/320, ISO 200. PS 2024.
Thanks for your comments.
Patrick
Patrick
Thank you for sharing this picture and your thoughts!
Me looking to this photo bring me straight to one of my "hobbies" within photograpy!
Do you know the magic of vintage 6x6 shaft cameras? They made photographers to shoot low camera positions which makes the model to stand out in full grace and not been looked down on her.
Lower your camera position. Man, this makes a difference!
Does this responce fit your expectations?
Enjoy shooting snd all the best light with you!
Thank you Peter, I get the message. Best regards, Patrick
