A trip to Lille

[shirley]

Re: A trip to Lille

Thats interesting Nick, I have been taught that you should always give a moving person/animal somewhere to go in the frame, if I crop lhs wouldnt it look as though the person is moving out of the frame?
On the first one I uploaded I cloned the edge of the fountain out.

[Guest]

Re: A trip to Lille

I only meant to the inside (lhs of the picture) of the circle, so you would still have the raised top and the outside of the curve (which I like).

The crop line would run up so it went through the top rhs edge of the stairs and along the lhs edge of the building with the van in front.

Of course the inside of the circle is on the outside of the picture

Nick

[photonutter]

Re: A trip to Lille

Mine was taken at dusk, certainly not a morning person.
I must say I do prefer the first cropped version, and yes it may be a little tight in frame, but I think a wider crop leads to two other elements to distract. Firstly the bright overexposed portion to the right on the building, which could lead the eye astray, and secondly the curve of the fountain leading out of frame and away from the person.
My shot took 15 attempts after looking for the line of brickwork and lamp to lead the eye and wait for somebody to step on it. A bit of foreward thinking and luck can work well. If you watch people walk across an open square many will take the same path.

[Makonde]

Re: A trip to Lille

I like both of these, Shirley, though I agree they are not as 'crisp'n'clear' as photonutter's shot. However, they have a rich, warm, 'streets paved with gold' look. I prefer the second one (the empty square) for the gold contrasting with the lighter, bluey sky, the flashes of red on the right and the illuminated cupola on the left add opulence to the scene IMO.

[DannyH]

Re: A trip to Lille

Shirley, I'm not familiar with this type of shot, but like the second try with the woman and blurring the leg. It seems to make the image flow more. I really like the sky in the one without any people.