Hi, It's a nice photo, but I agree about the lower 3rd of the photo. The girl is on the half and I think this would have benefitted if she'd been on a 3rd. Compositionally she is a point on a neutral area, and therefore dominates the image. The eye scans the area and tries to establish the relationship of the point to the edges and corners. Being too close to the edge unbalances the picture; being on a 3rd would have been more harmonious.
The diagonal formed by the drawing is exactly right. A slight reframing so that she was on the 3rd, and the drawing still formed a diagonal between the lower left and top right corners would have been just right, and there would have been enough space below and to the left of her to allow the line to continue. --- Bob Monday, November 18, 2002, 2:39:58 PM, you wrote: > Hi. > this photo just happened - I looked out of the window and there this girl > was, drawing. > Im not sure why, but I like it. > I would like your comments please > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1115841 > I dont think I agree with the crop suggested in the critique, as there would > be 'no space left for the girl to draw' <g> > thanks. > -Sridhar
