Commons:Photography critiques/January 2018

What do you think of this Rakaposhi version?

The Rakaposhi peak, 7,788 mt, from Tagaphari basecamp

The picture is not worked, though I thought I could give it a try at ameliorating it! grateful for your advice and critical look.

• The picture is beautiful and the colours are fine. There is no need for ameliorating it any further. The only problem is that the resolution is very small. In accordance with Commons:Image guidelines, it is advisable to upload the full resolution from the camera without downsampling. For example, your other picture File:Hills in Sarband.jpg has a very good resolution. It is rare to have photographers from this region of the world on Wikimedia Commons so I do hope you'll stick around and keep contributing! dllu (t,c) 02:01, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

FPC standards for a crowded scene?

I've been taking a lot of pictures of protests in the NYC area and have been wondering what would make for an FPC-level protest picture. As I've found, they can be pretty challenging, being always moving/chaotic. I've been happy with a few I've taken and have seen them pop up in a lot of external media sources, so I wonder what people think about the FPC prospects for e.g. File:DACA protest Columbus Circle (90569).jpg or File:DACA protest Columbus Circle (90008).jpg? — Rhododendrites ^talk |  00:42, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

As documentation, both are excellent. As a composition, I think I prefer the second one. It has a very clear picture of a sign and the woman holding it. However, I think there are at least two reasons why it's unlikely to be promoted if nominated at FPC: (1) the crop of the woman on the right at the face is jarring; (2) the outside wall of that Trump Tower should be vertical. Just my 2 cents. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 10:52, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

@Ikan Kekek: Thanks. I've made some tweaks to File:DACA protest Columbus Circle (90008).jpg based on the above, but it still doesn't quite feel like a FP. Ideally there wouldn't have been a crowd of people in front of them and behind me, so I could step back a bit and also get the other people in the foreground out of the way. :) This is why it seems difficult to think about what would an FP be in such a scene, and how to execute it without just happening to get really lucky (even then...). I also uploaded a new version of the other one, mainly because the glare on some of the signs bugged me. Also increased the color temperature a little. Not sure if I like that. Regardless, it doesn't change the composition. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  23:09, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

I think the second one is better too but I agree with both of you; it'd be a tough FPC sell for this type of photo. I'm not sure what'd make an FP in a demonstration photo, buy one thing I'm sure of is you'd get complaints about 1) personality rights/people being identifiable and 2) the scene is too cluttered IOW "too much going on". PumpkinSky talk 23:14, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

Indeed. I guess I'll just keep trying for a lucky magic shot when the crowds space out, the clouds part, and everything stands still for a second when 10' in front of me. :) — Rhododendrites ^talk |  23:19, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

When people demonstrate on the street, if they don't expect to be photographed, they're fools. I think that worrying about individual approval of a photograph under those circumstances is ridiculous, and I also doubt it has anything to do with American laws. But yeah, I think with this kind of shot, you have to get lucky. Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:49, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

I totally agree but you know someone will complain about it, just like the subway photo we just had at FPC, people looking right into the camera and their consent was questioned. PumpkinSky talk 01:18, 2 February 2018 (UTC)

I understand that a bit more, as you're a captive audience on the subway. However, it's a public place. Anyway, I agree that someone would object, because they do. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:51, 2 February 2018 (UTC)