Street vendor Istanbul

[Nikkon]

Model	NIKON D700
ISO	200
Exposure	1/400 sec
Aperture	5.6
Focal Length	135mm

• Artistic intent/summary of the photo

Street vendor in Istanbal (Turkey), Beşiktaş. Want to show the expression on her face.

• What specifically do you want feedback on?

Exposure, sharpness, composition.

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[RockyNH_RIP]

I find it just a little too dark for my taste... especially with the shadows which clearly indicate a bright day. I would add a little exposure and contrast and bump the shadow detail a bit.. You have edit OK so here is what I was thinking of...

Others I am sure will other opinions and more useful comments as I am a reasonable rookie too.. so .. Just my opinion..

Enjoy!

Pat in NH

 

[Michael J.]

Not so dark is better. I like Pat's version more.

 

[BackdoorArts]

I like it, but would have liked to see a little more of the shadow details. Overall just a little dark for me, particularly given that you can see the shadow on the wall which tells me there was some sunlight there to be had.

(Edit: And that's what I get for popping the post open in a new tab and not responding for 15 minutes. LOL)

 

[RockyNH_RIP]

I like it, but would have liked to see a little more of the shadow details. Overall just a little dark for me, particularly given that you can see the shadow on the wall which tells me there was some sunlight there to be had.

(Edit: And that's what I get for popping the post open in a new tab and not responding for 15 minutes. LOL)

Jake, that happens to me all the time!!

Pat in NH

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

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[Nikkon]

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I've editted my post.

 

[Nikkon]

Thank you for your feedback. What I actually wanted is to put emphasis on her face, so face lighter, rest darker. Isolate her beautiful face/expression. I'm not that good in postprocessing so I made kind of low-key edit. The original is like the RockyNH version. I'm sure there is a way to put a controlpoint on her face and darken only the rest of the photo.

 

[Rexer John]

I'm not much into B&W photography but this image doesn't demand smoothness, in fact a little grain wouldn't hurt this scene.
Very nice composition.
​The shot is taken well above her eye height but that works well on this photo in my opinion.

 

[Nikkon]

Here's the original:

 

[RockyNH_RIP]

Here's the original:

I actually like the original... the colors of the wares is nice!

Pat in NH

 

[Tami Jo]

Here's the original:

The color version is much better, very nice composition

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[WileyCoyote]

Here's the original:

I like the color version much better!

 

[Rexer John]

I like the colour version much better too, especially with what you said in post #8, but if the intention is to show poverty rather than beauty the B&W has it.

 

[Nikkon]

Actually I don't know if she is poor. It might as well be that she is a student earning some extra money with her hobby.

Is there anything that I can improve in that picture, or that I can keep in mind when shooting next time?

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

Here's the original:

I like the color version better too. It could use a little more contrast and sharpened a little. The face really stands out.

 

[Nikkon]

Don, imho your last edit is a little bit overdone. Grainy and, I don't know how that effect is called, the lines (eg. in the face) are too obvious.

Here's my last edit:

 

[Michael J.]

The color-version is much better