Critique Welcomed Sweatshop

[Chris Dodkin]

Charlotte NC - with the AC turned up to 11

X-Pro1 and 14mm Lens

 

[Pete Askew]

Positively heaving! I like the way you have kept the tones nicely subdued in the interior and revealed a hint of the scene outside through the steamed-up windows. That glance finishes it off a treat and adds a nice spot of tension. I like it.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Thanks Pete - I really wanted to be sure that the condensation on the windows stood out - so exposed for that rather than the interior scene.

The guy looked very nervous when I lifted the camera for the shot. It actually stopped me from taking more than the one frame.

 

[Steve Dormer]

Hi Chris

The tonal range throughout the image is on the button as is the focus and general composition. The only point I would make is that i am not sure what I am to focus on. If it is the chap, albeit he is in an interesting position within the frame I am not totally sure. Thanks for sharing a super image

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Thanks Steve - It's more of a focus on the sweaty windows

 

[Pete Askew]

The guy looked very nervous when I lifted the camera for the shot. It actually stopped me from taking more than the one frame.

He's probably bought flowers for his wife and is taking her out to dinner tonight as a result!

 

[Beth Carter]

wow, never seen one of them so empty. lol, stop making the locals nervous, they'll tie you down and call you honey and make you drink sweet tea until you die from diabetes.

 

[Pete Askew]

Oh, so you've been to a traditional English tea room then have you Beth? I didn't know they had them in the US as well!

 

[Beth Carter]

Oh, so you've been to a traditional English tea room then have you Beth? I didn't know they had them in the US as well!

they're a little different here, ours come with the slackjaw accent and if you make them mad you get a "bless your heart" rather than a beheading.

i went to college about an hour north of charlotte, nc.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I'd been warned about the 'bless your heart' thing - funny as hell when you know what it means!

 

[Pete Askew]

I had to look it up. Now I'm armed!

Urban Dictionary: bless your heart

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I had to look it up. Now I'm armed!

Urban Dictionary: bless your heart

It's hilarious to watch non-locals react positively when they here it - life is a wonderful thing!

 

[Beth Carter]

the sweeter it sounds and the more they smile, the more trouble you're in. us yankees use "have a fine day" in a similar fashion, but it doesn't have the same effect.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Good pic Chris very good, love the lone figure, which helps with the emptiness feeling.

Nice also to get to learn a little, about a phrase.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Thanks Julian

 

[Vic Shaw]

I'm liking this, I like the soft lighting and the tonal range. The guy for me distracts a little. When I played around with some croppage I found it worked a little better with him gone and more a focus on the empty chairs.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Thanks Vic. I'll have a play when I get back home.

 

[Peter McCullough]

Chris;

I keep on returning to this image, marvellous capture! I love the cast light on the closest chair in the foreground excellent.

 

[Paul Lange]

I think it works with him in and out of the shot. With him in I find it has a sense of uneasiness about it that I actually like.

 

[Brian Moore]

I like the comments on this thread. (From all y'all, not just one of y'all.)

Nice shot, Chris. I believe I must take my glasses off to look at pictures from now on. I saw the chap but never noticed his glance until I saw Pete's comment. He looks slightly malevolent. (That chap, I'm talking about, not our Pete.)