Erin Browne
February 2025 - Untitled
About the Image(s)
I've been staying indoors this winter with lots of school sports and events. Several local friends have children on the U8 mtes hockey team and although 7am games are early they've been a lot of fun to attend. I love the capture of the focus in this one, but am still not sure about the crop aspect, or if I should try and maks out the other player more. Shot through the glass at the College 'back rink' which is pretty rough, f/2.8 1/800 iso4000. Some post work but mainly just dehaze and upping the yellow saturation and luminance to make the uniform a little brighter.
5 comments posted
Hi Erin,
You did a nice job shooting through glass. My recommendation is to keep the 2nd player in. It give the image some depth of field and helps keeps the eye on the primary subject. The subjects eye brings the viewer into the oncoming play. A very nice capture.
Best regards,
Greg Posted: 02/15/2025 05:51:52
You did a nice job shooting through glass. My recommendation is to keep the 2nd player in. It give the image some depth of field and helps keeps the eye on the primary subject. The subjects eye brings the viewer into the oncoming play. A very nice capture.
Best regards,
Greg Posted: 02/15/2025 05:51:52
Lovely image Erin, Selective focus works extremely well with the viewer being drawn to the eye immediately. The face tells the story of contemplation and or concentration on the competition and event. I believe the secondary player is necessary to create the environmental portrait. As a suggestion can you crop down or in just to eliminate the skin tones of the secondary player, I think this would make them even more ambiguous. Posted: 02/16/2025 05:57:42
Hi Erin,
Great capture - especially through "hockey glass" - which is anything but clear!
That player on the left does serve to anchor our focus on the star of the photo (and probably the game!) Since the viewer's eye is normally drawn to "light" areas, try this: Crop in on the left so that you eliminate the white ice, but still show most of that player's uniform and number 12. You can come almost to the dark vertical bar on his helmet. That might help the viewer's eye to circle between your main subject and his opponent and back again without stopping on that white edge.
Great job under tough circumstances!
Karen
P.S. How about a title of "Intensity on Ice"? Posted: 02/20/2025 04:44:20
Great capture - especially through "hockey glass" - which is anything but clear!
That player on the left does serve to anchor our focus on the star of the photo (and probably the game!) Since the viewer's eye is normally drawn to "light" areas, try this: Crop in on the left so that you eliminate the white ice, but still show most of that player's uniform and number 12. You can come almost to the dark vertical bar on his helmet. That might help the viewer's eye to circle between your main subject and his opponent and back again without stopping on that white edge.
Great job under tough circumstances!
Karen
P.S. How about a title of "Intensity on Ice"? Posted: 02/20/2025 04:44:20
Hi Erin. This image really captures the concentration of the primary subject and I love the sharpness of his eye lashes. I agree that the secondary figure should remain to create a sense of environment, but I think Karen's suggestion of a crop on the left is worth trying. I also think that increasing the saturation of the yellows was a good idea. I'm impressed with your decision to attend a 7am game!!! Posted: 02/20/2025 20:24:11
Hi Erin - Your image has good impact in its simplicity. I would add another vote for cropping from the left. The secondary player is needed to support the story. I also echo others when sharing that your depth of field is right where it should be. Well done! Posted: 02/23/2025 05:40:11