It has several very effective contrasts going on. The green open space around the curve contrasts with the city; the implied movement of the cyclists contrasts with the static city, and also complements the curve. The curve of the open road contrasts with the straight line of the city road. The curve contrasts with the straight lines and boxes of the building. The 2 solitary figures contrast with the implied large population of the city, and implies a freedom that the people in the city don't have - the contrast between leisure and work. There is a very good play with the scale of the city and the people. That little bit of colour on the nearer cyclist brings the eye right there, despite their small scale against the city.
It's all very good for those reasons and probably many more. There are some small factors that make it less than perfect, but the overall effect makes them insignificant and not worth mentioning. -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff > Sent: 17 October 2006 17:28 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO - The morning ride > > Hi Bruce ... > > I've looked at this one several times. I just don't see what > others seem > to see. For me, the composition isn't very good, the > cityscape competes > too much with the cyclists, the curve sign takes away from > the flow of the > curve ... it just doesn't come together. All the responses I > read were > positive, but no one that I can recall stated why they liked the shot. > Maybe I'm missing something .... > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Bruce Dayton > > > Many thanks to those who have commented on this image. It has met > > with more positives than I had imagined. I have been trying > > recently to expand my horizons a bit and become more versatile in my > > shooting. > > > http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3513a.htm > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
