Critique Welcomed Train station Nijmegen
- Thread starter Rense Haveman
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John Allen
Well-Known Member
Very, very nice. One of your best. She seems a bit alone there. It would seem even more so if not for the figure in the background.
Rense Haveman
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Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Good shot, Rense. The figure in the background doesn't detract from the overall feeling of the image for me.
How do you pronounce Nijmegen? Nigh Meegan?
How do you pronounce Nijmegen? Nigh Meegan?
Rense Haveman
Well-Known Member
Pffff.... that's quite a question, I would say something like Neigh-May-Gun, with the g in Gun not like a soft k, as done almost everywhere, but more like a Jewish/Dutch g, so, like scraping your throat.... And neigh as nèeèj
And the accent fals on Nij!
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
That's clear 
Brian Moore
Moderator
Beautiful shot. Considering the backlighting and deep foreground shadows I think you exposed this perfectly, Rense. Its a fine composition, too.
John Allen
Well-Known Member
As mud.That's clear
Pete Askew
Admin
Another damn fine shot and not just because of the control of the exposure and the overall composition but the position / presence of the lady as well (the man doesn't distract me). Very, very nice.
Ivar Dahl-Larsen
Well-Known Member
I like it too, very much. But not so head over heels with this one, as the nun.
John Allen
Well-Known Member
Leave it? I don't know. I'm not even sure if that distant figure adds to or detracts from the photo. It's more about the story behind the photo. Without that other figure, you are left to wonder what this lone person is doing here. No car park in the distance, no building she might have come from. That leaves only the train, but if she got off a train where are the other passengers? That male(?) figure in the background changes things. It adds another human in the mix. One who is near where she might have come from. As I said, it changes the photo, whether for good or bad I don't know.
