leisure reading

[denniskee]

i was with Mezzotint when he spotted this old lady have a leisure reading inside Pastamania.

i did a a square crop here (well, almost square). the original composition includes more of the white top ceiling and the light color ceramic floor tiles. i also give it some vignet and dodge the old lady. does this composition and pp work for you?

also, i thought of de-saturate the rest of the photo except the lady and the Pastamania sign but decided not to. thought it might feels cliché. whats your view?

[~Arcanic~]

I think the vignetting a bit over, the old lady seems to almost blend into the background too...

Perhaps a tighter zoom would be better, imho, seems to have still a bit too much space.

[lastboltnut]

I prefer a tighter crop too....a 3:2 vertical crop with the old lady the the signboard in view, this will make the old lady more visible. Just personal preference.

[denniskee]

do you guys mean crop away the outside of the shop on the left and for the right, until her chair?

[grumpy]

Originally Posted by denniskee do you guys mean crop away the outside of the shop on the left and for the right, until her chair?

yeah, i think a tighter crop will bring the subject out. At the moment, i find especially the left quite distracting.

[lastboltnut]

Yah, I would like to see only that glass pane she was in.

Originally Posted by denniskee do you guys mean crop away the outside of the shop on the left and for the right, until her chair?

[calebk]

My eye went to the Pastamania sign first, and only to the old lady later on.

I agree that a tighter crop would work better. Too many elements around her that might take the attention away.

[drikster]

i suggest you use some polarizing filter when you take the pic to remove the reflection on the glass pane. I wordings on Jewellery from the reflection seem to overlap the pastamania logo. You may also want to crop the two ladies outside the store; they just distract the picture. Just my two cents worth, hehe.