> > Hi Subash: > > > > I'd crop everything on the left out--the guy's eyes look weird--crop > > up to the line in that box thing the guy is sitting in > front of-- the > > women look beautiful & there's a fun juxtaposition of pattern in the > > roof of the boat & their skirts--make them the main focus--this will > > probably give it a square crop, but I love square crops, but you > > might not :-). Anyway, I think this one could be a real winner > > without the guy. > > > http://jeyan.jalbum.net/Kerala/slides/Shooting%20for%20a%20mal > lu%20film%20aboard%20a%20houseboat%20:-).html > > thank you Christine for the inputs. this was a shoot for a song and > dance sequence for a film (they are so much a part of the structure of > indian films, even 'slumdog millionaire', made i would guess for a > primarily western audience, gives an acknowledging nod with a sequence > tagged on at the very end ;-)) and there is so much > voyeurism involved > in the thing that i thought the guy's eyes did add a creepy > feel. ;-) of > course i could have misjudged the whole thing too. thanks for the > detailed comments once again... > > regards, subash
I agree with Subash here. The intrusion of the guy lifts the picture well out of the ordinary and makes it into the sort of thing I'd expect from a Magnum photographer. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
