I like it. And I asked my resident photo critic (aka wife) and she mostly likes it. 1. The red phone booths work well as the color contrast against an otherwise monochromatic scene. 2. Nice dynamics of the two guys walking and talking and seeming to enjoy themselves. 3. Nice framing of the two guys with the arch of the tree branches. 4. I don't think it would work as well with leaves on the tree or green grass on the ground. Unless you rendered it in B&W. 5. Which, by the way, would be interesting to see.
My wife's comments - she would have preferred the two guys a bit closer together and slightly to the left. I thik she doesn't want anyone blocking the view of the phone booths. I actually think it gains this way - the phone booths are there as a significant element, but the eye quickly gets drawn to the people. If the right-hand booth were also unblocked, the booths would be too prominent. stan On Dec 8, 2007, at 1:37 PM, Bob W wrote: > This is a scene I've been familiar with for about 25 years, and have > photographed quite often - and been disappointed. I took this photo > last week, and quite like it. It's only occurred to me today why this > composition is (in my view) more successful than previous attempts. > > I'd be interested to hear what other people think about it, and why. > > http://www.web-options.com/_B296674.jpg > > -- > Thanks, > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
