Thank you for your well considered comments Boris. You know, I went back & had a look at the shots taken from that day, and the very next frame was this same young man looking straight at me, with that same bored look, which covers almost all the points you raised.
http://tinyurl.com/daxag I just preferred the one where he hadn't noticed me yet. I also like that little face in the background, but to be honest I didn't notice him looking at me at the time :-) Thanks again. Dave On 11/2/05, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with what Frank's said. It is this sense of being forced that > can clearly be read on the boy's face... I think I would probably crop > off somewhat on the left because half-person there is distracting... I > don't mind half-person OOF, but the one on the left is too sharp ;-). > > Then there is a question of the boy on the background on the LHS, > which looked at you when you took the picture. It probably means that > you might have stepped a bit to the right so as to exclude the > half-boy on the left and give more prominence to the boy on the back.. > This would add a bit of conflict between these two boys. > > I would also consider cropping some off the bottom... I generally > dislike limbs that are neither fully in the frame nor fully out of > it... But then again, I have this peculiar tendency to crop to > square... > > And of course cropping is just another way of seeing which makes my > comments somewhat irrelevant... > > As usual, Shel's advise comes to mind - make as many takes as possible > while on location. Edit later - digital film does not cost money ;-). > > I should say - this is interesting picture to analyze... > > Well done! > > > -- > Boris > >
