I like both of these photos, Bob. Sans people, it presents more of a formal study. Quite different photos, really, and both good. Lots to look at and enjoy.
Which do I like more? I don't think I can say without more context to pose the question. Godfrey On Dec 9, 2007, at 1:14 AM, Bob W wrote: >>> http://www.web-options.com/_B296674.jpg > > Thanks to everyone for replying to this - I've been very surprised by > the size of the response. I think generally others have the same view > of it that I have. > > It's in a very funny spot, light-wise. It seems to be really difficult > to find a time when there is some sunlight on the scene. I happened to > get lucky with this one because I've never seen that dappled light > there before, and that's why I stopped to try again. > > I've photographed it before when the trees have been in full foliage. > They are figs, so the foliage is quite spectacular and tends to > overwhelm the composition. In particular they take away the graphic > lines of the windows, which I think are an important part of the > composition. They divide the space; the leftmost phone box continues > the line of the left window, the tree continues the line of the next > one, then the young man continues the line and finally the right-hand > phone box makes an equal division and an implied line upwards. So > cropping the windows would, in my view, weaken the composition. > > The 2 men make the picture more successful than previous attempts. > With noone in the frame it is too flat and static for me. Other > versions have people walking parallel with the picture plane, and lack > life or dynamism. The fact that these men break the picture plane give > it another dimension and some movement, which is heightened by them > being mid-stride, stepping off the pavement. Their obvious enjoyment > of each other's company gives it a nice human touch, I think. > > Here's a version with no people: > http://www.web-options.com/_B296673.jpg > > As for the phone boxes, I think they are probably listed. Listing is > something that one of the cultural quangos can do to things of > architectural merit to prevent them being destroyed or ruined. BT > tried a few years ago to do away with many of the old Gilbert Scott K2 > & K6 phone boxes, and many of them were promptly listed because they > do make a pleasant contribution to the streetscape and are very much > part of Britain. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_telephone_box > > -- > Bob > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
