On 1/14/2019 05:11:21, Steve Cottrell 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
>
Every once in a while the PetaPixel Blog comes up with something useful. Case in
point, their recent article on "parallelism" & what it says about the dog
mimicking the woman's posture ... and the "cat":
https://petapixel.com/2019/01/10/what-parallelism-is-and-how-to-use-it-to-improve-your-photography/
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