Bracken Hill: Tant Mies's Boys and the Watson's Cat by andreduplessis

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PhotoLM 16 32

1 Feb 2009 12:56AM

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very nice composition. I like the kid glancing from inside

f4fwildcat 14

1 Feb 2009 1:12AM

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Reminds me of the work some of the photographers of the 1930's.
Well done.

andreduplessis 15 1 7

1 Feb 2009 1:19AM

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Thank you Lucca and Tom. Gosh, after yesterday's reference to Dorothea Lange, and now Tom's about the 1930's style, I am starting to believe that I have walked this planet before

Andre

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1 Feb 2009 6:45AM

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Lots of elements to like in this.The abandoned bike,the door slightly open,the boy in the window and the cat sleeping.Excellent again.
Top class.
Tom.

EllieEdge 15 15 42

1 Feb 2009 10:10AM

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It is absolutely worth viewing large.
My preference would have been to include more of the window and not have the boy straight in the middle. I would have considered cropping a bit on the right but I see the issue with the bicycle.
As your composition is now my eyes keep shifting from the boy in the window to the weed on the right.
- Ellie

andreduplessis 15 1 7

1 Feb 2009 10:24AM

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Hi Ellie. You are quite right here. I went back and cropped out a bit of the bush, however could not go too close to the building due to the bicylce, but unfortunately the central subject still stayed practically in the middle. Tried by excluding the corner and all the bush but that flattens the image. So no luck there, but am in agreement with your suggestion of a more off-centered composition.
Saying this - I do frequently shoot dead-pan centred compositions.

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OMG 14 51 2

1 Feb 2009 7:01PM

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Another of your outstanding shots Andre. Like Ellie, I also find the right hand side of the building somewhat of a distraction and would almost be tempted to crop right in to halfway between the door and edge of the building and then clone out the remains of the bicycle.
All the best
Derek