Rather, in front of the man ...
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
>
> Hi Stan ...
>
> I see your point, and I think your crop would work if there
> were some more space after the man on the left. As it is
> now, the lad is smack in the middle of the pic, and the
> viewer's attention is drawn both left, center, and right ...
> too much tension, IMO.
>
> Stan Halpin wrote:
> >
> > I prefer the uncropped version. It needs the guy on the
> > left, who is and needs to be facing the other way. That
> > leaves the boy and (his sister?) in their own space but in
> > the context of something else going on that they don't care
> > about. The boy alone is a cute kid. The whole photo is
> > better not because of "framing" but because of the 'tension'
> > created by the one on the left looking out of the frame. If
> > the left side 'frame' was provided by a tree or telephone
> > pole or soccer goal it would not be nearly as effective.
