Not alone

TonyCooper

Wil Davis

I really like the repetition of the tables/ketchup/stuff, but the vertical pole spoils it, and the folk in the b/g don't do anything at all for me; and she's smack in the middle of the frame…

Great idea, though!



- Wil

Richard

Wil Davis wrote:

I really like the repetition of the tables/ketchup/stuff, but the vertical pole spoils it, and the folk in the b/g don't do anything at all for me; and she's smack in the middle of the frame…

Great idea!



- Wil

A square crop would fix that nicely.

TonyCooper

Wil Davis wrote:

I really like the repetition of the tables/ketchup/stuff, but the vertical pole spoils it, and the folk in the b/g don't do anything at all for me; and she's smack in the middle of the frame…

Great idea, though!



- Wil

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.

michswiss

TonyCooper wrote:

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.

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?

lizzard_nyc

I like the original better :hide for telling a story.
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?

TonyCooper

lizzard_nyc wrote:

I like the original better :hide for telling a story.
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?

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.

Wil Davis

TonyCooper wrote:

…but I wonder if this loses the "all alone" concept.

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

rainbow

TonyCooper wrote:

I liked the original crop from the story-telling angle, but the new crop presents the woman better.

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.

Nir

TonyCooper wrote:

Nice!!