#64 - second idea - C&C please

travelways

I have another sequence from the same day:



Is this better or still blahh...?

PS. I also have a B&W version:



Please tell me what you think.

Thank you,

kdotaylor

Tatiana, I like this a lot...I think I prefer the black and white version

richtersl

I also prefer the B&W version. The musician stands out more in that one.

travelways

Thank you a lot!

- yeah,... that's why I posted the B&W version too - I'm doing some details on each photo and post it again, here.

That's been a great help

lkbart

I agree - nice set of shots & the musician does show up more prominently in the b/w. Really like the interaction of the passersby. Definitely a story here. Only possible suggestion is that there is the one shot of the musician squatting - seems like that should be either a beginning (like he just set up there), the middle (because it's different) or the end (like he's getting ready to put up for the day) rather than the middle of the bottom row - make sense? I really like that photo being different, just wonder if the center bottom is the best place for it. Great set!

travelways

lkbart wrote: »

I agree - nice set of shots & the musician does show up more prominently in the b/w. Really like the interaction of the passersby. Definitely a story here. Only possible suggestion is that there is the one shot of the musician squatting - seems like that should be either a beginning (like he just set up there), the middle (because it's different) or the end (like he's getting ready to put up for the day) rather than the middle of the bottom row - make sense? I really like that photo being different, just wonder if the center bottom is the best place for it. Great set!

Thank you lkbart. Yes I know, and first I intended to finish the sequence with that. However, this is what he did:
He checked his money and after he thought to play more

- That made sense, because (well, this layout doesn't allow to more frames), I was trying to show how hard it
was to make some money doing what he was doing...

I can put that frame at the end though, in a new version...

Thank you so much

lkbart

Maybe the middle would be better for it, balance-wise, since he is a little bigger in the picture. I kinda guessed that your explanation was why that shot wasn't at the end, that he decided to play more after he looked to see what he had gotten.

travelways

Here is a new version of it



What do you think?

richtersl

lkbart wrote: »

I agree - nice set of shots & the musician does show up more prominently in the b/w. Really like the interaction of the passersby. Definitely a story here. Only possible suggestion is that there is the one shot of the musician squatting - seems like that should be either a beginning (like he just set up there), the middle (because it's different) or the end (like he's getting ready to put up for the day) rather than the middle of the bottom row - make sense? I really like that photo being different, just wonder if the center bottom is the best place for it. Great set!

I think it all depends on how you want to interpret the story.

When I saw him squatting, I interpreted it as him counting the change that people had dropped into his guitar case. After he finished counting, he began playing again.

So for me, the center bottom is fine.

But in the end, it's up to you how you want to arrange the sequence of photos, Tatiana.

travelways

richtersl wrote: »

I think it all depends on how you want to interpret the story.

When I saw him squatting, I interpreted it as him counting the change that people had dropped into his guitar case. After he finished counting, he began playing again.

So for me, the center bottom is fine.

But in the end, it's up to you how you want to arrange the sequence of photos, Tatiana.

Yes Linda, sure it's up to me, and it can equally work at the end or before - I know that.

- However, because the balance was mentioned I just thought maybe I would receive some more feed back on this...

travelways

Please ignore the last image - I'll see what I can do.

Again, thank you very much everybody for the help.

SeascapeS

You always find the coolest street shots. I want to come and hang out with you!

travelways

SeascapeS wrote: »

You always find the coolest street shots. I want to come and hang out with you!

Hey, please do it! When do you come?

However, I would rather come to your place, cause here now the dead season started:
all gray and ugly, no colors, and not to much happening in the streets, and when there
is something, people have dark clothes on a not appealing background...

Can I come to your place?

SeascapeS

Tatiana - I'd love for you to come here, but we have the same thing. No color, cold and rainy. Let's go someplace else!

travelways

SeascapeS wrote: »

Tatiana - I'd love for you to come here, but we have the same thing. No color, cold and rainy. Let's go someplace else!