Yes, I also like the way the yellow line and gutter take you into the shot - very effective perspective and use of angle. I like the laughing and joking, but obviously the lady on the left either doesn't get it is isn't impressed. Cool touch to capture the bloke in the middle with the camera - almost feels like a very congenial camera club outing :-) ...

nice candid shot
where is it

It was taken in a part of Seoul called Insa-dong. Thanks all for the comments

Very pretty light you have here - super capture and interesting composition - well done!

Best,
Jon

This image fits.

Beautiful!

very sharp and nice detail.

Geo,

Unusual perspective on this one. I love the light on the little pearls in the bottom left of the photograph. Nice job.

Best,
Jon

What was your goal with this image? I think the angle is interesting, but I am not thrilled with the composition. Just my humble opinion. I would also suggest that you did not use the flash head on as it appears.

T

I like the sharpness of this image, I think it would have worked better without a flash, and a better composition.

Agree with all the positive comments above. I also like the light here with no shadows etc, it looks like the walkers have justs been dropped in from another scene. Composition works well with the strong diagonal almost dividing the two "worlds".

I full agree with boyd. The strong diagonal was also what struck me.
Jan

Thanks for the comments everyone! I found them very helpful. I wish I could say that the strong diagonal separating them was planned, but it was entirely fortuitous!

yes, good timing. well balanced bw. if I could have a wish: let the right guy look right into the camera.cheers

Love this shot, tells so much a couple sharing there day, The gentleman appears so alone. The picture tells so much with a black @ white perspective :) Keep the shutter clicken :)

22 Bahman 1386

Yesterday was 22 Bahman 1386 coincide with February 11, 2008 marks the 29th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of Iran.

This day brings remembrance of the fact that the will of a nation can change the course of history, of a time when one nation stood up for its rights and would not be intimidated into accepting tyranny of Shah any longer.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Iranian_Isla...

www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=42539§ionid=3510304

english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8611220410

www.ahmadinejad.ir/

I like the brick showing recovery one brick at a time:)with some failures to boot :)

NASA, WATCH OUT, they are coming!

This is the cover of main Iranian National Newspapers which published today.

After few years hard working, Iranian Aeronautics and Space Administration (IASA)managed to launch the first rocket into space to mark the opening of its first space center under the name of Kavoshgar on Monday, 4th Feb 2008 at 12:25pm.

Few could not believe, but then many others were happy and proud of this first success program.

Apparently IASA plans to launch the Omid Satellite, a Remote-Sensing Satellites in June 2008.

www.space-travel.com/reports/Iran_opens_its_first_...

www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=41713&sectionid=3510...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA

Very cool piece of history that you have captured here!
Make sure you buy one of those papers too!

@ mikeock
Thank you for your comment.
I forgot to buy one, instead I watched that event on the TV, Ytube, and on-line.

Esta fotogafía es obra de mi mujer Rufi,que supo captar esta estupenda y bonita composición. Yo sólo la he procesado.

Hay muchos años de historia acumulados en esta imagen. Felicidades a los dos.

Enhorabuena a ambos.

Buena instantánea, enhorabuena por el tándem.

Wonderful!

Just a somewhat disturbing photo of my daughter's dismembered doll taking over my computer. Needless to say I was scared to see it there when I entered my office!

Very nice shot!! The black really sets off the child's face nicely. The image is overall just a bit flat, I would like to see a little more work in curves to pull up some contrast and boost the midtones some. This might pull more interest to the face.

I agree with everything Beamer said (which may not be much of a help since I have added nothing - except to emphasize his viewpoint).

Yes perhaps a little more contrast would be nice. The composition is perfect though and the subject makes for a very interesting shot.

Lovely light and great job of framing - super subject and the colors are good - yes, a little more contrast would provide some snap.

Best,
Jon

thanks for the comment men! This is the first comment I recieved here. Salamat po!

I like the composition and angle also.
And I agree with Geoffrey about the guy sitting in the back, to the right. He is pretty distracting to the main subject.

It seems that your camera's focus was somewhere around the woman standing on the left.

I don't know if you have manual settings on your camera, but if so, maybe try a pretty open aperture (for limited depth of field AND faster shutter speed), and see if you can get it to focus on the player in the foreground.

Good try. The subject is overexposed, and there are a number of distractions which steal our attention from the subject. I don't want to discourage - keep shooting and learn how to use your camera.

Best,
Jon

@phil and jon. Thanks a lot for your comments. I like them. I'm just a 3 month old photographer. The manual of the camera im using is in Korean language.

Again, thanks a lot for your encouragement. Really.

God bless you all.

Ruel

Ruel,

You're on the right track. Just keep "playing" with your camera and all its controls - find out what it will do well, and what it won't do so well! Keep taking pictures - this is the beauty of digital - take hundreds of photos every day if you can - really. Try to see as your camera sees - not an easy task.

Best,
Jon