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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Todd Suttles on February 24, 2015, 01:24:24 am

Title: Behind The Scene
Post by: Todd Suttles on February 24, 2015, 01:24:24 am

Trash: -debated moving it out of frame but decided to leave it. Opinions one way or another?
thanks, -t

Title: Re: Behind The Scene
Post by: mbaginy on February 24, 2015, 01:31:19 am

Trash in street photography (and landscapes) is a problem.  I hate the far too obvious bright plastic bag lying on the lawn or the newspaper pages spread along steets and sidewalks.  A sighn of the times, I guess.

But in your photo, the trash doesn't really distract.  Maybe due to the subdued color.  Were it bright blue, it would stand out like a sore thumb.

Title: Re: Behind The Scene
Post by: Todd Suttles on February 25, 2015, 04:17:59 pm

Quote from: Isaac on February 24, 2015, 02:06:48 pm

Next time, do both.

Yes, that is the take-away. Not be influenced to hurry by who I am walking with.

Title: Re: Behind The Scene
Post by: RSL on February 25, 2015, 04:50:02 pm

Hi Todd, Whether or not the trash matters depends on what you want the picture to say. Ambiguity in street shots usually is a plus, but there's so much ambiguity here that I'm not sure what that shot's significance is. Technically it's good work but I don't get it.