Drag I

Drag is a black and white photo which kinda has quite an unique composition. The two doors, correspond with the cliche compositional rule, the rules of thirds. Whilst the bold white line runs along the bottom third of the picture, again complying with the rules of thirds. Also the main subject - which is the lady pushing the bike - is put into focus through the strong contrast between light and dark shades.

The three plants beside the doors also make reference to the rules of odds.

This shot was taken on the streets of Shanghai.

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The RAW file of this shot is as shown below

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EXIF Data:

• Nikon D3000
• 1/50 Seconds
• f/3.5
• 18mm (Using 18-55 VR 3.5-5.6/f, VR on)
• 200 ISO
• -2/3EV

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The photograph was processed in Lightroom 2.5

1. Converted in black and white
2. Curves adjusted to create more impact and contrast
3. Cropped and straightened to help the composition
4. Clarity increased

Afterwards it was just sharpened and converted to a suitable printing format in photoshop cs3.

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I chose not to add a border to this particular photograph; mainly because it was vertical photograph. I felt that borders would have diminished the overall impact of the photograph.

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The resulting piece can be seen:

Jonathan Lim