Photos: Earth >> Asia >> Japan >> Kanto >> Tokyo >> Asakusa

Register

  << Previous Next >>

Girl Getting Dressed for Festival


Girl Getting Dressed for Festival
Photo Information
Copyright: Sam Willard (sam) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 419 W: 0 N: 64] (897)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2001-05
Categories: Festivals
Camera: Canon EOS, EF 100mm f/2, Fuji Sensia II 100
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Japan ~ 2001
Theme(s): Omatsuri, kid's life [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2002-10-14 0:24
Viewed: 4863
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 9
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
A brief moment captured during the chaos of a major festival in Tokyo. One of many small children dressed up for the day.

The major photographic challenge was to remove the distracting throngs of people on this street from the frame to simplify the composition. This mother/daughter vignette was short, and the background was only free of feet and shadows for a brief moment.

Klapaucius has marked this note useful
Only registered TrekEarth members may rate photo notes.
Add Critique [Critiquing Guidelines] 
Only registered TrekEarth members may write critiques.
Discussions
None
You must be logged in to start a discussion.

Critiques [Translate]

  • Great 
  • adam Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 440 W: 33 N: 31] (848)
  • [2002-10-14 0:35]
  • [2]

The colors of the girl's kimono and the mother's pink shirt are brought out even more vividly against the backdrop of the grey ground. There are a couple of spots that could be spotted out at the top right.

The subject matter is interesting but the back lighting takes the life from the little girl's face. Try some fill flash in PS.

I love this natural posture. its so alive and the angle you took it makes it powerful. I would use a little more contrast though then darken just a bit, to make the colorful areas more vivid.

  • Needs Improvement 
  • Ning Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 17 W: 1 N: 42] (347)
  • [2005-01-14 19:50]

Too bad we you couldn't show the mother's face. The angle of her body unfortunately crisscrosses that of her daughter, causing an unbalanced composition.

Try using Gaussian blur to put everything out of focus except the young girl.

Brilliant moment you have captured, and I appreciate the difficulty in giving the impression of a peaceful moment - rather than one surrounded by a bustling city crowd.
I love the contradiction between the girl's traditional kimono, and the Hamtaro figures she is carrying.

  • Great 
  • bogna Silver Star Critiquer [C: 23 W: 1 N: 1] (126)
  • [2006-06-08 9:24]

właśnie zauważyła, że twoje zdjęcie jest chyba pierwszym zamieszczonym na tych stronach, miałeś niezłe otwarcie tego serwisu.
Gratuluję

Calibration Check
















0123456789ABCDEF