On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:49:03 +0100, Peter Lacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Frank, > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3125114&size=lg > > my first thought was: great shoot(!) but perhaps little bit imbalanced > to the right side(?). Of course I know it's not so easy to aim the > camera straight at someone unknown in the proximity but it makes me > wonder if it was your intention? > > Nevertheless, the more I'm looking at your picture the merrier it looks > to me. Very expressive shot. > > I hope you'll understand me right, because my English is becoming > horrible when I'd like to say something non-trivial. :-( > > Cheers, > > Bedo. >
Hi, First, thanks so much for your comment! I really appreciate you (and everyone else) taking the time to look at and comment on the photo. To answer your question, I framed the shot as I did, because there were other people in the next seat, immediately to the right (his left) of the little boy, and I really didn't want them in the frame - the only two humans I wanted were the man and his boy. Since I'm not one who every thinks, "I'll crop it out later", I decided to "crop in the viewfinder" (ie: frame) that way. And, I was actually thinking at the time that I'd like to wait for the subway to enter into a station, so that we'd see the bright station whizzing by in the windows of the door, rather than the blackness of the tunnel. So, my framing had nothing to do with whether I thought the subjects would see me taking their photo (although in this case, I didn't want them to, as I didn't want the intimate moment to be disturbed). Normally, I don't have a problem with strangers knowing I'm taking their photos (as many of my past PAWs will attest to). In case you didn't see the other thread, here's the uncropped version: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3127790&size=lg which I now like a great deal more. I think showing more door, although it puts the subjects even more to the right of the frame, opens up the shot, and balances them a bit better on the right. Anyway, thanks so much for your comments! BTW, don't apologize for your English, you seem very articulate. <g> cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
