Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: RSL on July 29, 2012, 05:49:49 pm
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What a very curious find Rus,
I am not quite sure what I make of it; there are some wonderful elements, and a fascinating moment, but I a just in a bit of a muddle as to how they all come together. My initial reaction (which stays with me) is that the framing needed to be wither tighter or looser — too much information, or not enough.
The little fella's response is what makes it very special for me.
Cheers,
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Seems perfect to me. I wouldn't want to loose the geometric elements that give it a border, and it is appealingly balanced.
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Forgive me for altering you work but I love your image and this crop was shouting out to me.
Peter
www.peterfiore.com
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Peter,
That is partly what I was thinking but I really hope for the impossible and that is adding to the frame. To see more of the park - particularly if it is deserted - might enhance the notion that these little performance piece is happening secluded from the world - in a little found corner of the world.
Cheers,
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Forgive me for altering you work but I love your image and this crop was shouting out to me.
Nothing to forgive, Peter. That's one of the wonderful things about User Critiques. Nobody complains about mods that demonstrate a suggestion. I've learned things from some of the mods people have made to my postings, though I disagree as often as I agree.
In this case I disagree. One thing that enhances street photography is ambiguity, and I can see from Walter's response that I succeeded in introducing ambiguity. The unexplained enclosure, and what looks like a fence behind the enclosure are part of the ambiguity. Once those elements are gone things become much simpler and less ambiguous. We're still faced with the questions: (1) why is the guy inside this fence and why is he beating on some bongo drums? and (2) who is the kid? Is he with the drummer or just a spectator. But the further question about the bordered enclosure and the fence disappear.
I don't want to beat the thing to death. I was doing some web revisions today and I ran across this one from 2005. It struck me that it's the kind of street photography I most enjoy.
Somebody's going to suggest converting to B&W. I tried that and the wood chips on the ground of the enclosure instantly look way over-sharpened.
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Rus,
I am often the B&W monster but in this case it is best in colour.