Post-event, I agree with the suggestions so far about cropping and some possible small color corrections (e.g., to de-saturate the red rug to make it less prominent.) I would also clone/heal the hotspot caused by the reflection of the flash in the glass in the middle. Then I would try to balance the lighting across the scene (darkening the guy on the left) to compensate for the fact that he caught more of the flash than the other two. Ideally, if I were there and thinking carefully, or if I were to be in that situation again, what to do? As alluded to, stand taller and look down rather than up so that less ceiling and more floor are showing. Step 60-90 cm to your left and shot more past the guy on the left towards the other two. This reduces the feel of three people, uncomfortable with one another, standing well apart. (Instead you have one looking at two who might appear a bit closer together.) And also reduces or does away with the flash hotspot in the glass.
By the way, someone earlier mentioned a "photo assignment": tell a story in four images. I think this one image tells a story all by itself! Guy on the right is a klutz. He has just shown that he cannot master the simplest throw of a yo-yo. Guy on the left [The Suit] has just made fun of him. Guy on the right pretends to laugh. Guy in the middle doesn't think it is funny either but he laughs anyway because The Suit is dangerous. The Suit is reaching for the knife up his right sleeve and will proceed to step forward and attack the guy on the right as soon as his back is turned. Guy in the middle will do nothing. Typical day in the office . . . stan On Feb 26, 2011, at 6:01 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > Hi All, > > My wife would like to hear what different photographers think > if this composition works or not: > http://flic.kr/p/9mbxex > She took this photo at a business event. > > Second question is what would you do differently (change the > composition/crop..) - without moving/orchestrating people, - > so that it would look better. > > Thank you in advance for all the response, > > Igor > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
