Lars
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Re the first set: for me the last image is by far the strongest composition. You made good use of negative space to focus the attention on the man walking. This also gives movement. Moderate DOF gives depth, leads the eye progressively in, along the pidgeons, to find the person on the bench to the right and then along the benches to the person to the left. There is also a good balance of diagonals, with the obvious one leading along the row of pidgeons right and up. The down and right diagonal formed by the pattern in the street stones. Finally B/W reomves some distracting colors to focus attention to tonality, contrast and form.
The bus photo OTOH gives me nothing. It's a static center-heavy composition with no depth and no movement. It's flat. No contest.
The girls: First frame, for reasons already mentioned. I particularly like the way the far right girl is cropped off, communicates presence much stronger than the second frame.
The bus photo OTOH gives me nothing. It's a static center-heavy composition with no depth and no movement. It's flat. No contest.
The girls: First frame, for reasons already mentioned. I particularly like the way the far right girl is cropped off, communicates presence much stronger than the second frame.