A Ride Home

billpepsi · 29th July 2005

Saw this beautiful sunset on my way to City Hall MRT.

ortega · 29th July 2005

an interesting image that made me look harder to figure out what it was.
but something about this picture is not right, i just can't put my finger on it right now, i think that the top most yellow triangle and the black area at the bottom should be cropped away

i will return and give it a 2nd look when i get home

billpepsi · 29th July 2005

Originally Posted by ortega

an interesting image that made me look harder to figure out what it was.
but something about this picture is not right, i just can't put my finger on it right now, i think that the top most yellow triangle and the black area at the bottom should be cropped away

i will return and give it a 2nd look when i get home

Looking forward to your comments, good or bad.....

illustrious · 29th July 2005

The sun seems to br shining through my screen! Beautiful.

eikin · 29th July 2005

straighten the verticals and brighten up the right side to get more contrast out of the human silhouette and see whether it'll improve the picture.

billpepsi · 29th July 2005

Originally Posted by eikin

straighten the verticals and brighten up the right side to get more contrast out of the human silhouette and see whether it'll improve the picture.

ok, will give that a try. tx

billpepsi · 30th July 2005

Originally Posted by eikin

straighten the verticals and brighten up the right side to get more contrast out of the human silhouette and see whether it'll improve the picture.

Here is the improved version.

lemontree · 30th July 2005

Originally Posted by jeffhiew

Here is the improved version.

oh now I know what it is on the right...haha! It's a SBS bus that's passing by! haha! okok! I couldn't recognize what the part on the right is from the first shot...after editing then it seemed more obvious.

I think the bus is a little distracting to a picture of a beautiful sunset to consider this shot to be beautiful aesthetically. But hanging it at home or something would give one a sense of retiring into the evening after a day of stress from work and everything else. It's like going home at the end of the day probably because of the seats and the people in the bus which and who give one these feels.

The golden cast of the overall image is warm and it's very relaxing..just makes me want to look at it more....if it's in a bigger size though. hee..

IMO..peace out!

henrylim · 31st July 2005

Tricky shot as the sun is taking the attention away from the person in the bus due to its brightness. It's also quite difficult at one glance to figure out it is a bus. I am not sure if zooming out a little will help. Is this a 'snapshot' or a pre-conceived shot? I felt it is quite hastily taken - a sun that's setting, a bus going past, a man in the bus.. Good try anyway.
Perhaps a man with a suitcase walking from right, going out of left corner, with the setting sun behind him in the horizon... that maybe a better 'scene' ...

(Of course, if you can get a man walking past... haha)

Just 2 cents, I am not expert

billpepsi · 1st August 2005

Originally Posted by henrylim

Tricky shot as the sun is taking the attention away from the person in the bus due to its brightness. It's also quite difficult at one glance to figure out it is a bus. I am not sure if zooming out a little will help. Is this a 'snapshot' or a pre-conceived shot? I felt it is quite hastily taken - a sun that's setting, a bus going past, a man in the bus.. Good try anyway.
Perhaps a man with a suitcase walking from right, going out of left corner, with the setting sun behind him in the horizon... that maybe a better 'scene' ... (Of course, if you can get a man walking past... haha)

Just 2 cents, I am not expert

Tx, was a pre-conceived shot. I waited for 10mins for a double-decker with a passenger in the front row to drive past. The height of the single decker bus was too low, image is less interesting.

The other challenge was the sun keeeps hiding behind the clouds.

behyx · 1st August 2005

excellent framing! it makes me looks deeper into the picture

billpepsi · 1st August 2005

Originally Posted by behyx

excellent framing! it makes me looks deeper into the picture

tx behyx. May be it was pure luck.

behyx · 1st August 2005

Originally Posted by jeffhiew

tx behyx. May be it was pure luck.

luck and patience pays off for your case.

glensky · 1st August 2005

CREATIVE!!!!

eikin · 1st August 2005

Originally Posted by jeffhiew

Here is the improved version.

nicely done

it's a good frame, just that the lighting was tricky. by brightening up the right side your subjects become recognisable and the story between the setting sun and the people on the bus comes naturally.

ortega · 1st August 2005

ooops, sorry forgot to review your pic

anyway much better, but now I see that a square orientation without the black parts on the left and right.

there now it is balanced

billpepsi · 1st August 2005

Originally Posted by ortega

ooops, sorry forgot to review your pic

anyway much better, but now I see that a square orientation without the black parts on the left and right.

there now it is balanced

Tx ortega, eikin. Took me a while to realise the black part. Yeah, agree the pic looks more balanced now.

29th July 2005	#1
billpepsi Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The 3rd Rock Posts: 1,272	A Ride Home Saw this beautiful sunset on my way to City Hall MRT. Last edited by billpepsi; 30th July 2005 at 03:09 PM.

29th July 2005	#2
ortega Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: NorthEast Posts: 16,938	an interesting image that made me look harder to figure out what it was. but something about this picture is not right, i just can't put my finger on it right now, i think that the top most yellow triangle and the black area at the bottom should be cropped away i will return and give it a 2nd look when i get home __________________ The Law

29th July 2005	#4
illustrious Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: SK Posts: 1,179	The sun seems to br shining through my screen! Beautiful. __________________ Find me at Claudia.sg and I work at 24seven

29th July 2005	#5
eikin Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: 東京 Tokyo Posts: 10,920	straighten the verticals and brighten up the right side to get more contrast out of the human silhouette and see whether it'll improve the picture. __________________ APAD

31st July 2005	#9
henrylim Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: North Posts: 362	Tricky shot as the sun is taking the attention away from the person in the bus due to its brightness. It's also quite difficult at one glance to figure out it is a bus. I am not sure if zooming out a little will help. Is this a 'snapshot' or a pre-conceived shot? I felt it is quite hastily taken - a sun that's setting, a bus going past, a man in the bus.. Good try anyway. Perhaps a man with a suitcase walking from right, going out of left corner, with the setting sun behind him in the horizon... that maybe a better 'scene' ... (Of course, if you can get a man walking past... haha) Just 2 cents, I am not expert __________________ .: www.walkinlight.com Gallery:.

1st August 2005	#11
behyx Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: 180 Joo Chiat Road Posts: 2,580	excellent framing! it makes me looks deeper into the picture __________________ \| INTERIOR \| GOURMET \| WEDDING \| www.danielbeh.com \| BLOG \|

1st August 2005	#14
glensky Account Suspended Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 758	CREATIVE!!!!