That makes quite a nice picture in itself, but I agree with Shel that the original is stronger, and for the reasons that Shel gives. In particular, I like the way it encourages the eye to roam around inside the frame and enjoy the whole scene, and give a context to the man reading, and the woman with the bike. The other bikes propped up are an important clue about the character of the place. I also agree with Shel that the title is telling people what to think, and what to see as the most important part of the photo. I'd be more inclined just to caption it with the place and date, e.g. "Capraville, 2005".
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 22 January 2006 04:21 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: PAW: Waiting with a Book > > I like this one. I think the crop is exactly right. I might > rotate it one degree clockwise. But that might just be me. Good work. > Paul > On Jan 21, 2006, at 10:19 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > > Sat, 21 Jan 2006 16:23:55 -0800 > > frank theriault wrote: > > > >> Nothing Big or Important, just a slice of street life, I > guess. I'm > >> not sure how I feel about this one. Sometimes I like it, others I > >> don't, so your comments will be especially useful to me. > >> > >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4048050&size=lg > >> > > > > > > Frank, > > > > I also think that the composition is not working here. > > IMHO, the picture doesn't have any point for an eye to stop on. > > > > I took liberty to play with possible crops: > > (sorry, I did a very crude crop, just to demonstrate the > idea, i.e. I > > didn't look for details too much) > > http://www.komkon.org/~str/Frank-PAW/ > > > > The first two would still fit to the subject, while the rest are > > completely different. :-) (and the resolution is limited, - sorry, > > that's based on what was available on your page.) > > > > Igor > > > > > > > >
