Please ratings on the linked image,?

Question

low res, scanner/print was dirty, have original on 35mm 100iso kodak, some critique comments , rate out of ten, what could be better?

thanks

http://flickr.com/photos/martini2005/767141843/

Answer 1

I really like the lighting of the photograph. the colors are nice and I like the mood of the piece. I don't really like how it was taken on a hill or something and the buildings in the background are tilted. It looks crooked and looks like a mistake even though I believe it was taken on a hill? This perspective takes away the better attributes of the photograph. Besides that it is nice and I would like to see a series of them.

Answer 2

I agree that the tilt is disturbing. It's not tilted enough to be considered "creative" composition. So, it looks amateurish. The composition bothers me too. I'd like more of the light pole and less of the foreground. There's no real "information" in the road and it's cropped so close at the top I want to see the top of the light, at least. Or I would have cropped the streetlight completely out of the picture, making the top edge just above the

Now, with all that said it's a good photo. There's nice tension between the dark background and light area bottom right. If I were hand-printing the picture I'd burn in (darken) the lit area some to make the details more readable (a little but not enough to destroy the light/dark interplay).

Answer 3

I rate it 6 out of 10.
I like the idea, however the composition and photo structure is not great. Large part of the picture is the hill at the back which is too dark.
The lamp on the pole is not related to the photo and gives some sort of unnatural feeling.
I think you should change the angle of the phot to knee downwards so that you add some elevation, and zoom in some how to remove the lamp on top and decrease the mounatin darkness.
Try this any you will be happy with the results. Good work.

Answer 4

I think there is some potential there... I would give it 5/10, considering that the idea was good. But I think it would be a lot better with more attention to composition. Get rid of the distracting elements yet keep some of the environmental details, for instance. It's difficult to see that there are people in the cafe... if we could see them more clearly, and see their expressions, the photo would be more interesting. Straighten out your horizon. The high contrast is OK as long as you retain highlight detail where it counts - in the people.

Just my opinion, FWIW.

Answer 5

I agree with many of the other answers, and I would rate it a 7 out of 10 for the basic idea. I really like pictures like this, for the people. I like for my compositions to tell a story, and with this I would have zoomed tighter on the small cafe itself, as opposed to the whole picture. The overall composition has got too much going on, especially for a night shot, and that makes it look amatuerish. I would try for a tighter shot at a lower perspective due to that cafe being below grade and the slower shutter speed with reveal "life" in the evening bustle of social activity. Sort of like this: http://flickr.com/photos/hi-phi/50049541/

You could save the church for another shot all its own.

Answer 6

5 out of 10. Good idea, needs work on composition. Fix the tilt, and I would like a bit less contrast. A different vantage point to lose the light pole. It is interesting.

Answer 7

Too contrast, i dont like it