Hi Stan ... I see your point, and I think your crop would work if there were some more space after the man on the left. As it is now, the lad is smack in the middle of the pic, and the viewer's attention is drawn both left, center, and right ... too much tension, IMO.
Stan Halpin wrote: > > I prefer the uncropped version. It needs the guy on the > left, who is and needs to be facing the other way. That > leaves the boy and (his sister?) in their own space but in > the context of something else going on that they don't care > about. The boy alone is a cute kid. The whole photo is > better not because of "framing" but because of the 'tension' > created by the one on the left looking out of the frame. If > the left side 'frame' was provided by a tree or telephone > pole or soccer goal it would not be nearly as effective.
