I first noticed the sun rays and set up my tripod with my compact Panasonic LX10. I saw a person in the distance and as he approached took photo #1.
I later used my “better camera”, a Nikon D7500, and took photo #2.
For variety, I did a black and white, with a slightly different crop, for photo #3.
Sometimes we use people to show scale and distance. More often, we may remove people, to have a cleaner photo.
I think I prefer photo #1 in this case, but photo #3 is close.
I welcome any constructive thoughts.
i've been a sucker for b&w my whole life: i like the bottom photo
A subject makes a photo more interesting.
IMHO
1&3 👍
2 is pretty but less interesting.
Thanks for sharing
Thank you everyone for your comments!
I like the people. I am torn between 1 and 3. Well done.
If you put a piece of paper up to the first shot and crop out the bottom shadow I believe that shot is improved 100% The man actually looks closer to you.
I like the b&w. My attention goes straight to the person in that shot.
dean wrote:
I think I prefer photo #1 in this case, but photo #3 is close.
I agree; even though I love my D7500 I reckon I'll go with your Panasonic. There's a lot of drama in @1 and #3, but even though I'm usually a fan of B/W I think the edge goes to the color.
Thanks
My order of preference: 3, 1, 2. I particularly like the sun's rays that are more visible in 1 and 3. All nice shots.
foathog wrote:
If you put a piece of paper up to the first shot and crop out the bottom shadow I believe that shot is improved 100% The man actually looks closer to you.
Thank you for the suggestion. I do like it.
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