This image is a winner on many levels. To begin with - photography aside, my due respect to these men and women who put their life on line to protect us and the environment.
Speaking of photography, what I truly love is the composition and the balance created using nothing much but the simple rule of thirds and the counter point being on the sun.
Also the fury of the scene and the posture of the firefighter - depicting the horror of being in the heart of action. Kudos to the photographer as well, for bearing the heat and putting his own life in risk to capture this wonderful moment.
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I absolutely love this image. Kudos to the artist for such a compelling and unique capture. It's something most photographers would walk past by without a second glance but I'm glad artist here saw it and composed it right.
Less is more and simple is the new complex. - this photograph defines it so well.
Yet again a stunning image of the real life heroes. Can we ever thank them enough - I don't think so.
Speaking of the image, what truly works very well here, apart from the perfect composition and moment is the mix of tones. A good mix of warm with cool tones always produces visually strong and compelling images, so is the case here.
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Barely have we finished off the last of the Christmas leftovers than it's time to go back to work! But we can take comfort, at least, in the knowledge that many millions across the world will be doing exactly the same thing. For this brief, we'd like to see workers, commuters, traffic – anything and everything that evokes that 'Back to work' feeling.
I shoot a lot of images with patterns and colors - its probably something I have done 100s of times in my career. Having said that, I can confidently say, this image had much more potential. Knowing what to include is just the basic of photography but knowing what to exclude may make or break an image.
The photographer should have put his 24-70 to right use by zooming right into the frame - so much so that the frame would have nothing but the colorful steps end to end. To further it, waiting for the scene to cleanse itself and then wait for that ONE human element to walk in - could have created a much more impactful image.
Nevertheless, its well seen - credits to the artist.
This scene had potential.
Yet again, as a photographer, we got to play around the subjects. Experiment - get closer or move further away or how about shooting from lower angle or may be from higher vantage point - we got to keep speaking to ourselves as we shoot and make conscious and at times even unconscious decisions to further better our frame.
The background is very interesting but the foreground is too wide and has too many distractions to guide our eyes to the rather interesting repetition in the backdrop.
One quick solution would be to get closer ( or zoom in ) and fill the frame corner to corner with repetitive patterns and then carefully place the subject waist high to fit into the canvas.
