I'm sure it will be no surprise, but I prefer the people-less version. I've never needed a living being, of any sort, included in a photo to give it "life". Especially when there is not even an implied connection. This is a (nicely leveled) strong image that allows a pleasing uninterrupted visual experience. Nicely rendered as well!
Jack --- Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.web-options.com/_B296674.jpg > > Thanks to everyone for replying to this - I've been very surprised by > the size of the response. I think generally others have the same view > of it that I have. > > It's in a very funny spot, light-wise. It seems to be really > difficult > to find a time when there is some sunlight on the scene. I happened > to > get lucky with this one because I've never seen that dappled light > there before, and that's why I stopped to try again. > > I've photographed it before when the trees have been in full foliage. > They are figs, so the foliage is quite spectacular and tends to > overwhelm the composition. In particular they take away the graphic > lines of the windows, which I think are an important part of the > composition. They divide the space; the leftmost phone box continues > the line of the left window, the tree continues the line of the next > one, then the young man continues the line and finally the right-hand > phone box makes an equal division and an implied line upwards. So > cropping the windows would, in my view, weaken the composition. > > The 2 men make the picture more successful than previous attempts. > With noone in the frame it is too flat and static for me. Other > versions have people walking parallel with the picture plane, and > lack > life or dynamism. The fact that these men break the picture plane > give > it another dimension and some movement, which is heightened by them > being mid-stride, stepping off the pavement. Their obvious enjoyment > of each other's company gives it a nice human touch, I think. > > Here's a version with no people: > http://www.web-options.com/_B296673.jpg > > As for the phone boxes, I think they are probably listed. Listing is > something that one of the cultural quangos can do to things of > architectural merit to prevent them being destroyed or ruined. BT > tried a few years ago to do away with many of the old Gilbert Scott > K2 > & K6 phone boxes, and many of them were promptly listed because they > do make a pleasant contribution to the streetscape and are very much > part of Britain. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_telephone_box > > -- > Bob > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of graywolf > > Sent: 08 December 2007 20:06 > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > Subject: Re: Opinions please > > > > OK, I think that if it were my photo, I would crop it just > > below the top of the > > window sills. I might crop a bit off the left too, making the > > phone booths > > balanced and letting the people and the tree give it > > dynamics; although I would > > have to try that to know if I would really like it that way. > > > > Phone booths are pretty much a thing of the past over on this > > side of the > > Alantic. Sad, but then almost anyone can afford a prepaid > > cel-phone. Speaking of > > which, I have to remember to get a new card as my time is running > out. > > > > > -- > 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. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- 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.
