Not alone
TonyCooper
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TonyCooper
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Great idea, though!
- Wil
A square crop would fix that nicely.
The original wider view was to emphasize that she was all alone except for whoever
she was in contact with on the text device. Here's a tighter crop that addresses your
comments, but I wonder if this loses the "all alone" concept.
http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
It definitely doesn't lose it. It's a much better crop and the all alone story is even stronger in my opinion. The lines are better and there are fewer unnecessary distractions.
Did I mention that I think this is much better?
There are people around but she's all alone, with the exception of whoever she's texting.
While visually I think the crop looks better, for "alone" I like the first more--make sense?
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I liked the original crop from the story-telling angle, but the new crop presents the woman better.
I wasn't worried about the "too centered" comment because in this type of photography you can't
always set the scene the way you'd like. The shot is often grab-and-go and there are sometimes things
going on around the subject that we don't want in the frame.
http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
Nice job!
I think she's so engrossed in what she's doing, that it really doesn't matter who or how many or how few or exactly what is around her! I think the tighter the crop, the more the viewer is involved with her!
I wish… etc etc…
- Wil
I like the original with the story. Second presents the woman better, but she is of less interest without the story. BG adds, not detracts from the shot for me (that is what shallow DOF is for...). Condiments add greatly to the shot.
Nice!!
Nir Alon
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