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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: John Geerts on August 08, 2015, 15:03:34

Title: The Puppetplayer
Post by: John Geerts on August 08, 2015, 15:03:34
Already a few years back, but an interesting image, I think

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Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: Mike G on August 08, 2015, 15:46:57
Really super, but the illusion is spoilt by the puppeteer using a coat-hanger.
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Post by: Jacques Pochoy on August 08, 2015, 15:56:33
Nice one, well seen... :-) (coat hanger or not) !
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Post by: Frank Fremerey on August 08, 2015, 16:10:17
Better box without the saw. Keep the Jennifer (=virgin)!
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Post by: smusesuse on August 08, 2015, 16:33:58
So cool how the 'puppet' is looking at you directly. Nice capture!
Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: BEZ on August 08, 2015, 16:50:00
The puppets eye contact is mesmerising  ....well done!

Personal taste but the image screams Black and White to me.

Cheers
Bez
Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: Gary on August 08, 2015, 16:50:50
I like this. The image tells a good story. But, (the big but), I see some technical 'nits', the image isn't square, per the doorposts, which is a bit distracting. And ... I like to see a tighter crop, the air above the puppetplayers head adds nothing to the image and I think matching the right side of the trunk to the photo's edge - with a measurement similar to the left side of trunk to the edge would make a slightly better photograph. But I do like the image, the timing on the 'puppet' is very good.   
Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: Erik Lund on August 08, 2015, 17:00:00
I have the same issues as Gary...
Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: Gary on August 08, 2015, 17:04:26
I have the same issues as Gary...

What ... bad credit and you drink too much wine?
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Post by: smusesuse on August 08, 2015, 17:04:54
 ;D ;D
Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: Erik Lund on August 08, 2015, 17:49:07
I have the same issues as Gary...

What ... bad credit and you drink too much wine?
Yep, also that ;)
Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: Andrew on August 08, 2015, 19:07:48
Hilarious!
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Post by: armando_m on August 08, 2015, 19:41:08
Wonderful moment !

I'm curious , the puppet is a real woman ? eyes seem to real to be just a puppet, but the position seems a bit impossible to hold for a real person
Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: Anthony on August 08, 2015, 20:10:11
The puppets eye contact is mesmerising  ....well done!

Personal taste but the image screams Black and White to me.

Cheers
Bez
I think she is not a puppet.
Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: BEZ on August 08, 2015, 20:36:17
The puppets eye contact is mesmerising  ....well done!

Personal taste but the image screams Black and White to me.

Cheers
Bez
I think she is not a puppet.

Hello Anthony,
Yes I was relating to the artists persona, she was very alluring.
Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: Frank Fremerey on August 08, 2015, 20:38:35
What ... bad credit and you drink too much wine?

Is it OK to drink too much wine when your credit is all right?
Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: Frank Fremerey on August 08, 2015, 20:40:01
I think she is a woman actor. As expressed in my first post concerning the box and the saw.
Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: John Geerts on August 08, 2015, 21:13:35
Thank you All for your comments and reactions ;)

Gary, Erik, Frank. ( I agree. I just took the orignal and only deleted an unwanted blurred head on the left side of the image)   -  Reframed  version.


Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: John Geerts on August 08, 2015, 21:23:13
The puppets eye contact is mesmerising  ....well done!

Personal taste but the image screams Black and White to me.

Cheers
Bez
Thanks Bez, initially I hadn't taught about that, as I adore red  ;)   But during framing and cropping the image, Black and White seemed more evident indeed.



B & W  version


Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: Gary on August 09, 2015, 04:05:05
What ... bad credit and you drink too much wine?

Is it OK to drink too much wine when your credit is all right?

Wine makes my bad credit right ... wine makes everything right .. lol
Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: Gary on August 09, 2015, 04:07:51
The new framing really makes you zero in on the puppet.
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Post by: Frank Fremerey on August 09, 2015, 07:33:54
I like the BW. All in there.
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Post by: Erik Lund on August 09, 2015, 09:24:05
Now it works!
Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: Akira on August 09, 2015, 09:57:31
Love the cropped color version.  To me, the red/pink gloves, hat and hair are essential accent of the image.
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Post by: Sash on August 09, 2015, 15:07:40
I like it, great shot.

 I agree regarding the cropping, and if there is a RAW file, pulling highlights would greatly improve it as well. The white puppet looks slightly overexposed.

But the shot is great, usually photographs of street performers tend to be dull, but the eye contact here changes everything. Colours are good, the man is charismatic, and even the hanger adds some fun to it.
Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: Jakov Minić on August 09, 2015, 20:24:16
Black and white for me!
But I would ease up on the contrast or blackness or something...
The man's face is nicely seen in the color version, but in the BW it disappears.
Blown highlights of her dress are OK to my eye, but now her face is blown I think.
Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: Anthony on August 10, 2015, 00:07:05
I like the tonality of the man's face in the B+W.  It makes him seem like an evil creature manipulating an innocent young woman.  Scary.
Title: Re: The Puppetplayer
Post by: elsa hoffmann on August 10, 2015, 08:06:07
the last B&W is really great!