Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/17
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mvhoward@mac.com (Martin Howard)7/17/03
>To me, the focal point and point of interest in this picture is the
>Buddha (?) statue and the two people working on it/by it. I like the
>humour of the juxtaposition, especially with one man half hiding (?)
>behind it. It's slightly surreal.
>
>That said, the motorcyclist adds nothing. You would have needed to get
>closer to the point of interest, leaving the street and the
>motorcyclist out of it. Shooting it as a vertical would have allowed
>you to get close, while still retain the full statue.
I agree with everything Martin said and would add that I find the brightness of the buddha side of the street does not work well with the cyclist in shadow. The lighting rather cuts the frame in half on an unpleasant diagonal down the middle of the frame.
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