Comments on: Cigar Humor http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/11/29/cigar-humor/ A Photography Resource for the Aspiring Hobbyist Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:08:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Cigar http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/11/29/cigar-humor/#comment-94404 Cigar Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:43:18 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/11/29/cigar-humor/#comment-94404 Great shot! I do also tend to look at the guy in the back smiling. Great shot! I do also tend to look at the guy in the back smiling.

]]> By: Rohn http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/11/29/cigar-humor/#comment-22486 Rohn Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:55:59 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/11/29/cigar-humor/#comment-22486 for me the subject of the photo is the laughing audience member in the background (the one with the slight tooth gap). I try to look at the performer, but my eye walks back to the slightly out of focus man. For that reason, I think this is a great follow-up photo to the previous post about out of focus pictures. To me this photo works, the black and white conversion is likely necessary, but the real seller is finding my eye argue with my brain over the main subject. for me the subject of the photo is the laughing audience member in the background (the one with the slight tooth gap). I try to look at the performer, but my eye walks back to the slightly out of focus man. For that reason, I think this is a great follow-up photo to the previous post about out of focus pictures. To me this photo works, the black and white conversion is likely necessary, but the real seller is finding my eye argue with my brain over the main subject.

]]> By: Jim Goldstein http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/11/29/cigar-humor/#comment-22480 Jim Goldstein Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:06:39 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/11/29/cigar-humor/#comment-22480 Nice shot Brian. The B&W gives this a look reminiscent of something I'd see from an old Vaudeville photo. Nice choice of DoF. Seeing the faces of the audience laughing in the background adds a lot of dimension to the scene. Nice shot Brian. The B&W gives this a look reminiscent of something I’d see from an old Vaudeville photo. Nice choice of DoF. Seeing the faces of the audience laughing in the background adds a lot of dimension to the scene.

]]> By: the_wolf_brigade http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/11/29/cigar-humor/#comment-22361 the_wolf_brigade Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:02:32 +0000 http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/11/29/cigar-humor/#comment-22361 When I first saw this in the Epic Edits flickr group I could see that it immediately represented street performances. Characteristics, such as you mention above, really bring out the rawness/street in the shot. For me though I just can't get into it. I'm not quite sure why. Any less busy and you'd lose the feeling of the shot though I personally feel a little bit overwhelmed when I view it; colour would prove too distracting as it would bring attention to the people in the background. It's possible that you had to be there to appreciate the shot - I can get into it on a technical level, just not an emotional level. When I first saw this in the Epic Edits flickr group I could see that it immediately represented street performances. Characteristics, such as you mention above, really bring out the rawness/street in the shot.

For me though I just can’t get into it. I’m not quite sure why. Any less busy and you’d lose the feeling of the shot though I personally feel a little bit overwhelmed when I view it; colour would prove too distracting as it would bring attention to the people in the background.

It’s possible that you had to be there to appreciate the shot - I can get into it on a technical level, just not an emotional level.

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