Port boys

• Willem N.

• Jun 26, 2005

Strong and happy image!

Don't read below if you are a fullframe person:
...wouldn't cutting off a bit on the top and right give it more power ?

 

• celluloidpropaganda

• Jun 26, 2005

Not at all. Cropping too close would make it kind of boring - the negative space at the edges sets them off from their surroundings/brings them into sharper focus and makes the composition more dynamic.

 

• eli

• Jun 26, 2005

I did actually tried to cut off on the right, but leaving it "as is" is a better choice to my taste.

 

• Willem N.

• Jun 26, 2005

When cropped the elbows would give me a feeling that the boys were pushing away the boundaries of the frame. As if they need more space for growing minds, wishes and bodies.

 

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  Jose A Martinez

• Oct 7, 2005

Great shot, very well composed. May I suggest you that next time you are in a situation like this try to ask your subject-model to leave the mouth closed,even if their are smiling, as you can see, the strongest personage in the photo is the one with the mouth closed.