On 9/19/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been refraining from commenting so far but I figured I'd give you > my thoughts. First it needs the color, to my eye this scene is all about > the color and the contrast to the womans black attire, and you need to > somehow bring out more detail in the womans dress. Secondly. the second > crop is better compositionally. As you know you can't always get what > you want with spontaneous street shooting. The graffiti is interesting > and the whole scene might be worthy of a shot, but with the woman as the > main subject I don't think you can get away with the first crop. I don't > know how fast the bicyclist was moving but I would have tried to get a > second shot as he left the frame, if the *ist-D was up to that that > might have balanced it nicely told a slightly different story and > allowed you to keep the graffiti. > (I was going to put that in Pirate Lingo, but gave up after the first > sentence. Arrr.
I appreciate your detailed thoughts on this one. I agree with you, and others (like Paul) who think this has to remain colour. As for the bike, well, as I mentioned earlier, I waited for the bike to leave, but moments later, a car parked directly in front of the store, completely obscuring my view, so there was no chance to recompose or reshoot. I'll continue to work on this one, trying various crops in colour, but I'm fast coming to the conclusion that this may be one of those "almost, but not quite" shots. There are many good elements, but it's essentially flawed such that it's never ~quite~ going to work the way I want it. thanks to everyone, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
