What the pros are doing - Repetition

A firefighter tries to extinguish a burning olive tree during a wildfire in the village of Dombrena, Greece.
The pattern in this picture i see is on the wood that is burning. the thing that lead me to this picture is where the sun is coming through the tree, and how you can see the guys shadow.







Villagers stranded by a recent typhoon make their way across a makeshift bamboo bridge in Hsinfa village, Taiwan. The pattern i see in this picture is the water running down the stream. the thing that lead me to this picture was the man walking across the little bridge so they can get across.










The board of a big wave surfer is engulfed by a wave as he swims under it at an offshore reef known as "Dungeons" in Cape Town, South Africa. the pattern i see in this picture is the wave just the way the water looks. the thing in this picture that caught my eye was the red surf board.

Hurricane Ike

I like this picture because the photographer didn't really focus on the hurricane itself, but he focused on the message the people had. This picture is also a good representation of the rule of thirds if it was split horizontally.

This picture really caught my eye because it was taken from a distance and it catches pretty much a whole neighborhood. You can see the rows of houses and it kind of reminds me of a pattern. The fire also catches my attention. I think that might have been the photographer's intention, to catch the fire because its basically a flame on water.

This is a really good discussion picture. Its focus is the girl in the room but the message is bigger. The way her face looks is probably a feeling all of the people had. Its also a very simplistic picture. Its not alot of commotion or more then one thing thing to focus on.

What the pros are doing - Sports

1.) Focal length of lens -EF 400mm

2.) Shutter Speed -f/2.8L IS USM,

3.) What is the effect of shooting at this shutter speed?Stopped in mid motion

4.) Aperture-shot at 1/1000 f/2.8

5.) What is the effect (Depth of field) of shooting at this aperture?That means he was that far away from the shot

6.) Position - Describe where you think the photographer was standing to get this shot.The photographer is standing above the beam and the girl so he is taking the picture from above

Great Black and White Photographers part 3

i see fish, 2 guys holding something
i smell fish
i hear water close by
i taste fish, wood
i feel tired, ready to get this over with, ready to go home






i see wood, people sitting down
i smell feet, fish, and wood
i hear people talking, and yelling
i taste the spit in my mouth
i feel like like I'm lonely

most inspiring

This picture is the most inspiring to me, because she is below the net with her hands in the air like she is waiting for the rebound. The girl be hide her looks like she is waiting to either block or help her out. it looks like the lighting in this image is on the right side. There is a lot going on the left side of the image so there is more lighting on the right less going on. These two ladies are dressed up in there uniforms. looks like there colors are red and white.

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The Story: I think this picture is the most interesting because the guy in the picture is so focused on what he is doing and he is on the x-ray light that makes it more interesting to look at. and the chalkboard is written on that just make you really look into the picture.







Action and Emotion: I think this picture has the most emotion and action because look and her facial expression while she is getting blood taking from her arm. her hand is on her mouth to release the pain and to try to focus on something else besides the needle going into her arm.







The most Interesting: I think that this picture is the most interesting because there is so much going on in the photo. there so focused on what there doing there is paint so they can finish there pottery.

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more great black and white photographers

Walker Evans was born in st. louis, Missouri. He was born on november 3, 1903. he died on april 10, 1975 at age 71 in new haven, connecticut. evans took up photography in 1928.

Great black and white photgraphers

Berenice Abbott,walker evans

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