Hi Anthony, The swimmer is a nice touch. I'm not sure she's in the best spot to make the ideal composition, but one never knows unless other shots were taken in order to make a comparison. This is an ideal situation for making several exposures in order to quickly and easily see different compositional elements.
Anyway, I like the somewhat surreal character to the photo, it's essential simplicity (very few elements competing with one another). As for "questioning" the businessman's presence, well, I've got to chuckle at that. With the proliferation of cell phones it's not unusual to see people using them in the oddest places. And isn't their purpose to allow one to leave the office? There are so many ads and commercials here showing people using their cell phones while recreating and outside of urban and office environments that it doesn't seem odd that someone might go to the shore and have reason to use a cell phone. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Anthony Farr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 5/26/2005 7:48:53 AM > Subject: RE: PESO - Away From His Desk > > Thanks Frank. Glad you like it. > > I don't have the temperament for street photography, although I love it as a > genre. So '"figures in a landscape" is as close as I get, and I try when I > can to get incidental human subjects going about their business in > interesting ways. > > As the critiques of this picture have come in, I've noticed that the > swimmer, although she is in her natural element, is often seen as the > surprising intrusion. OTOH the businessman's presence is seldom questioned, > even though his natural element is the office or the city street. Now > THAT'S surreal.
