chinatown - newbie

oinkoinkpig · 27th April 2007

in what area is critique to be sought?
Pls be harsh for me to improve.... pls guide me through

what one hopes to achieve with the piece of work?
I want to capture chinatown without the neon, without the "chinatown" feel. Without the bright cheery people.. Just not the way that I usually see the place

Pictures stats
using the 400D without tripod and did some PS.

nigel84 · 27th April 2007

It does show a dark alley, with a one way street. You might had captured the pic without the bright cheery people and the neon, but there is no trace of the place being chinatown. Would be gd if you could find some very chinese stuff around the corner and added it in ur pic. Maybe a fortune teller without any customer dreaming his time away? That would bring a stronger statement to the pic. Well that's just my 2 cents...

zac08 · 27th April 2007

As mentioned by Nigel,

the picture is too dark, there's nothing to catch attention with. If the idea is there, do hunt around more to think on how you want the idea to be captured and portrayed to the viewers.

Remember, dun just only shoot from standard viewpoints. Try different ones. Think.

catchlights · 27th April 2007

you title this pix as chinatown, so people expect to see a picture of typical chinatown pix.
but here we can't relate this pix to chinatown, whether is bright or dark.

maybe "late hour" is more suitable for this.

Kit · 27th April 2007

If you are not capturing the essence of Chinatown, then how do you see this image stands out from any other back alley photos? It could be anywhere.

Autumnite · 27th April 2007

maybe go even later.. when all the neon are off and all the cheery people are asleep... then u got a chinatown with a different feel.. maybe... havent not been in chinatown at tt hour myself

nysheng · 28th April 2007

kit is right. ur title says chinatown. u need to have sth in the photo which says chinatown.
ur bg is also a little distracting.
if u want mi to be harsh..

erm.. i would say.. that this pic shows poor planning.

oinkoinkpig · 28th April 2007

thanks!!!! love all ur harsh comments! if not i will never know where i had gone wrong!!!

now tat i know where my mistakes are... i will do more to improve!!!

thanks again!

27th April 2007	#1
oinkoinkpig New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 35	chinatown - newbie in what area is critique to be sought? Pls be harsh for me to improve.... pls guide me through what one hopes to achieve with the piece of work? I want to capture chinatown without the neon, without the "chinatown" feel. Without the bright cheery people.. Just not the way that I usually see the place Pictures stats using the 400D without tripod and did some PS. Last edited by ortega; 27th April 2007 at 05:15 PM. Reason: deleted the other 2 link as guidelines says only 1 picture a week

27th April 2007	#2
nigel84 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 807	Re: chinatown - newbie It does show a dark alley, with a one way street. You might had captured the pic without the bright cheery people and the neon, but there is no trace of the place being chinatown. Would be gd if you could find some very chinese stuff around the corner and added it in ur pic. Maybe a fortune teller without any customer dreaming his time away? That would bring a stronger statement to the pic. Well that's just my 2 cents... __________________ My Humble Flickr --> The pavement of my thoughts

27th April 2007	#3
zac08 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: East Posts: 10,953	Re: chinatown - newbie As mentioned by Nigel, the picture is too dark, there's nothing to catch attention with. If the idea is there, do hunt around more to think on how you want the idea to be captured and portrayed to the viewers. Remember, dun just only shoot from standard viewpoints. Try different ones. Think.

27th April 2007	#4
catchlights Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Punggol Posts: 10,761	Re: chinatown - newbie you title this pix as chinatown, so people expect to see a picture of typical chinatown pix. but here we can't relate this pix to chinatown, whether is bright or dark. maybe "late hour" is more suitable for this. __________________ Shoot to Live, Live to Shoot www.foto-u.com \| www.benjaminloo.com \| email

27th April 2007	#5
Kit Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bukit Timah / Melbourne CBD Posts: 6,005	Re: chinatown - newbie If you are not capturing the essence of Chinatown, then how do you see this image stands out from any other back alley photos? It could be anywhere. __________________ arkitectural photography http://arkitecturalphoto.1x.com/

27th April 2007	#6
Autumnite Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 642	Re: chinatown - newbie maybe go even later.. when all the neon are off and all the cheery people are asleep... then u got a chinatown with a different feel.. maybe... havent not been in chinatown at tt hour myself __________________ W www.lightedpixels.com \| B alwinlim.livejournal.com

28th April 2007	#7
nysheng Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 272	Re: chinatown - newbie kit is right. ur title says chinatown. u need to have sth in the photo which says chinatown. ur bg is also a little distracting. if u want mi to be harsh.. erm.. i would say.. that this pic shows poor planning. __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/nysheng

28th April 2007	#8
oinkoinkpig New Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 35	Re: chinatown - newbie thanks!!!! love all ur harsh comments! if not i will never know where i had gone wrong!!! now tat i know where my mistakes are... i will do more to improve!!! thanks again!