Where I've Come

so you may notice some similarities today. This is a direct comparison post. about a year ago, give or take a couple weeks, I went to New York with my aunt's film camera to get some pictures of the city with Karla. I got some pictures that I really love. The first picture is responsible for the most money I've made at any one time with photography yet. It won second place at the blair county arts festival which earned me a cool $250!! Then, it also won a spot in the Juniata College student art exhibit. I really love this picture, and it's probably one of my favorites that I've ever taken. Since being in Boston, I've been looking back, and I have decided to try and see where I've come as a photographer. I want to redo some of my favorite shots, and this is my first attempt at it.

This is the one from New York. Not a whole entire lot of though went into it. It was nighttime, so on program mode, my shutter speed was automatically set to a slower speed so I basically tracked the bike while the shutter was open and here is the result. I think it's a great picture; it shows a clear sense of movement, it follows the rule of third, and i just really like it. I always thought that it looked a little flat though, and that it doesn't really show any environment at all. Hence me trying to redo it!

This is my current try, and i have to say I like it soooo much better.

(please click to view HQ in Flickr)

This one actually has the option of being color or B&W since it is a digital picture instead of film like the other one, but, when making a direct comparison I should take the color out. So this one took a little bit more planning to get the right shot. It's on the.... charles bridge (?) right beside the red line on the way to cambridge. So this one definately takes a lot of cues from the one from New York; it's a blurred biker, and it still shows the rule of thirds. But, this one shows the environment, it shows depth, it shows a direction that isn't just left to right, and you can almost sense the speed that the biker must be feeling. Pleaseeee click on the picture and look at it in Flickr... it looks sooo ugly on this blogging site.. you won't be dissapointed ;) Please, let me know what you think and let me make sure that I actually am improving with time and that I'm not regressing. Negative and positive please!