Hello Cotty :-). I am still very much doing my first baby steps in the street photography. My present obstacle (or not?!) is exactly what you pointed out. That is, seeing in my mind's eye the final picture and then waiting for the frame to build in front of my eyes, or not, as you said for yourself.
So, indeed, I should and would practice more and all your comments are greatly appreciated. I was struggling with the crop a bit. I wanted to keep the people sitting with their backs to the same building on the left side of it. Then I thought, I should leave some more space so they are not crammed in, so to say. And so, ultimately, I couldn't find any other crop than the one I presented. Thanks for your .02 cheers :-). On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 12:12 PM Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > On 13/1/19, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >The thing that stands out for me, which subtly echoes the dog, and > >reflects the posture of the woman, is the plastic bag in the doorway. > >The shape created by the handle and the dark spots look like a stylised > >Siamese cat with two dark ears and a nose. > > That's the first thing I spotted too. As a small image on my desktop > before I clicked on it, I thought it was a cat sat in the window looking > out. Even so, on full image, it's still interesting as your eyes > investigate the scene. > > I think with street, framing is everything. For me, it's about creating an > image that guides the eye and I love paradoxes and the juxtaposition of > elements. For me, the left of frame is all distraction and I'd do away with > it completely. For me the interest is the couple and the dog, the rest is > just dressing that adds nothing. The perfect shot would be the 2 people and > 2 animals with their heads in either some sort of synchronicity or maybe > the opposite. I like quite graphical structure to my street pics so I will > often wait for a while to get what I hope for - and often it never arrives! > > That said, we all should be making pics for ourselves - ones that we like > - and if others like them too then can;t be all bad ;-) > > My .02 cheers > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ UK Shoot / Edit and > || (O) | Live Broadcast News > ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> > _____________________________ > > > > -- > 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. > -- Boris -- 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.
