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DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Another fairly simple application of excellent composition with very little complexity featuring intangible relationships between tangible objects rather than making any one object the sole subject of the photo. Picture book Street Photography.

The man is in silhouette with no personal detail past identifying the shadow as human. The net has just enough detail to identify it too. And there is a wide angle to put both fully into the context of the surrounding sunlit water (yet absent unnecessary distracting detail like a horizon, boats, etc).

The "subject" is the relationships between all of those objects, rather than any one object. Each of the objects, including the surroundings, needs to be an equal part of the composition to obtain the desired Street Photography intent for the image.

This is precisely what makes most of Voss' work posted here so good. Of course he, like many others here too, now and then can get far more complex. But these basics are always at the core.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

I appreciate the explanation. Makes me think!

Voss

Thanks, Dave.

Apaflo Loc: Anchorage, Alaska

Thank you for the response. It really is grand that we enjoy so many great Street shots here, and the lively and imaginative comments they inspire. Once in awhile injecting the academics of visual pyschology is fun too! And Voss makes it so easy with so many perfectly executed examples.

Voss

Thank you, Apaflo.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

I frequently check the posts, but never had a real appreciation of what this particular art was attempting to display.

The link was link quite enjoyable.

aaciolkowski Loc: Sugar Grove Illinois

Very nice. I thought it needs to be cropped tighter. If you get tighter to the figure it has more impact.

Voss

Thanks, aaciolkowski. You're right, the figure would have more impact. But, as Apaflo stated above, the photo is really about the relationship among the figure, the net, and the water. If the primary purpose were the fisherman, then a close crop would have much more impact.