Thanks Frank ... you've kind of echoed my thoughts on this pic to a degree. In fact, I've another, taken closer, with a slightly different posture by the shoe shine guy. But, even with those "fixes" the photograph doesn't quite make it for me.
Maybe there's no real story, no real point of energy, no clear subject, or just taken from a poor angle. Oh well ... I'll just have to try harder for the next series. Thanks! shel frank theriault wrote: > To me, there's too much going on in the frame. I'm quite distracted by all > the passersby, the trees, the bus shelter, the lamposts. I think a narrower > dof might have helped bring these two out of the background a bit. Or maybe > getting closer with a wider lens would have worked. > > In terms of the two main protagonists (if you will), I'm not sure what's > going on with them. The fellow on the right seems to be trying to make a > point, while the one on the left seems almost to be ignoring him. I guess > that's not a criticism - after all, maybe that's "the story". However, I > find that they're a bit ~too~ close together. I don't like the way the > arm/hand of the one on the right gets lost in the lower leg of the one on > the left. > > Is the fellow on the right giving the man in the chair a shoeshine? If so, > it's really hard to tell from this shot. > > You know I love almost everything you post here, Shel. Not this one, > though. <vbg> It's merely good, and I don't think up to your usual level, > for the reasons stated above. > > cheers, > frank
