March 6th, 2020 : Cowgirl

[Gravdigr]

Something so small controlling something so big...

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Something so small controlling something so big...

This

[xoxoxoBruce]

Controlling? Oh right, female.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Now this picture is not that much different, yet for me it doesn't have the power of the first one...


Because of the color?
Because the girl is older?
Because of all the people who aren't paying attention?
I don't know, it just doesn't grab me like the first one.

All of the above and composition and in the BW photo you can see her expression, more intense, better.Mainly it is because it is color, but also it is 1/10 as dramatic, the horse is coming at you instead of past you, theres a big white static barrel in the way.

One of the things the B&W photographer did was to increase the contrast in his images which adds to the dramatic quality of them. The rider with the rope in his mouth is a bit close to over done, but in all of them he holds what I consider a fine line between just enough and too much contrast. And holding that fine line creates a tension, it's almost vibrating between too much and not enough. Is it or isn't it?

There is so much subtle, unconscious information being transmitted which all adds to the power of the images.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Controlling? Oh right, female.

My first thought was "Such a small girl driving such a big horse."

[xoxoxoBruce]

By removing the barrel you've destroyed the context. Both photographs were barrel racing. In the first photo you can hardly make out the barrel as she cuts it.
The object in this type racing is fastest time through the course. Time is highly dependent on style. Cutting(rounding) the barrels as close as you can without loosing time, the tighter you cut the barrel the more speed you'll likely lose but it makes the path shorter so you come out ahead on time... maybe... sometimes... if you do it right.

Anyway, the barrel is important to the context and the ability of spectators to decide whether to thumbs up or feed her to the lions.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

All of the above and composition and in the BW photo you can see her expression, more intense, better.Mainly it is because it is color, but also it is 1/10 as dramatic, the horse is coming at you instead of past you, theres a big white static barrel in the way.

One of the things the B&W photographer did was to increase the contrast in his images which adds to the dramatic quality of them. The rider with the rope in his mouth is a bit close to over done, but in all of them he holds what I consider a fine line between just enough and too much contrast. And holding that fine line creates a tension, it's almost vibrating between too much and not enough. Is it or isn't it?

There is so much subtle, unconscious information being transmitted which all adds to the power of the images.



My first thought was "Such a small girl driving such a big horse."

This is why we need more footie.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

All of the above and composition and in the BW photo you can see her expression, more intense, better.Mainly it is because it is color, but also it is 1/10 as dramatic, the horse is coming at you instead of past you, theres a big white static barrel in the way.

One of the things the B&W photographer did was to increase the contrast in his images which adds to the dramatic quality of them. The rider with the rope in his mouth is a bit close to over done, but in all of them he holds what I consider a fine line between just enough and too much contrast. And holding that fine line creates a tension, it's almost vibrating between too much and not enough. Is it or isn't it?

There is so much subtle, unconscious information being transmitted which all adds to the power of the images.



My first thought was "Such a small girl driving such a big horse."

To be fair, that is a hard picture to expose well. Dark horse, dark rider, bright sky, white hat, white shirt... The dynamic range there is extreme.