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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: nma on December 03, 2016, 03:12:58 pm

Title: BPL
Post by: nma on December 03, 2016, 03:12:58 pm
Bostonians call it the BPL, Boston Public Library.
A study from the staircase to main reading room.

Thoughts?
Suggestions

(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-F7wxnJR/0/L/i-F7wxnJR-L.jpg)
Title: Re: BPL
Post by: brandtb on December 03, 2016, 10:08:45 pm
Know this fairly well. I think this is a very  interesting and unexpected(?) take on this great space.  Usually the focus is on murals - I like the way there is focus is partly on the lions "against" the arcades in bg. Also the colors blue violet of the lions and the yellow golds. Very nice. If you can do this again I would try moving camera loc to the left so you can get a slight bit of the right lions face...and also camera down to get just a little more of the upper part of the base of same lion. /Brandt
Title: Re: BPL
Post by: nma on December 04, 2016, 09:22:26 am
Brandt,

Thanks for writing this thoughtful critique. Good suggestions.
Title: Re: BPL
Post by: John R on December 04, 2016, 10:39:51 pm
I was going to say almost the same thing, but then noticed the light between the lions. So if you did that, there would be a powerful light between the lions which may attract too much attention. So this is why we often compromise on the "perfect" composition that we really want- so many elements to contend with. But I really like the overall composition and ambiance. Nice work.

JR
Title: Re: BPL
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on December 05, 2016, 12:20:44 am
I was going to say almost the same thing, but then noticed the light between the lions. So if you did that, there would be a powerful light between the lions which may attract too much attention. So this is why we often compromise on the "perfect" composition that we really want- so many elements to contend with. But I really like the overall composition and ambiance. Nice work.

JR
+1.