Nightski wrote:
Andrew, I respectfully disagree with abc1234. If it was a portrait shot, he would be right, but it is a street shot, and therefore needs the context of what is going on around the girl. In this case, I see a sweet smiling girl amongst crabby people, who are probably crabby because it's cold, and they just want to get home. But this one girl, stops to take in what is going on around her. She puts off the cold, dampness of the day, gets outside of herself, and smiles at you. Congratulations for catching that moment.
I don't know if that is the real story, but it is the story I take away from it.
Andrew, I respectfully disagree with abc1234. If i... (
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Nightski, what bothers me so much about the other couple, crabby or otherwise, is they are looking out of the frame while our lady is right at us, drawing us in and engaging us. In other words, the two elements clash with each. For me, the number of people in the scene does not matter but the interplay among them does. The interplay here is pulling in different directions for me.