Killing Time

[dubaiphil]

[Marie Hass]

Lovely, Phil.

I love how he is framed by the door and by the light. Excellent conversion.

Did he ever notice you?

Marie

[Shadowman]

Very nice, crispy.

[deetheturk]

Great capture Phil!

[dje]

Well seen Phil, great light.

Dave

[Mark von Kanel]

excellent as ever Phil

[bnnrcn]

Very nice Phil

[picsfrommt]

I'd agree that using the door as a framing device is nice in this photo.

I wonder though if it could be cropped a little bit differently. I keep going back and forth wondering if that lighter patch of brickwork on the right distracts or balances the photo. I think I lean to distracting. But if you crop that out the photo might be too symmetrical. For what ever it's worth, I think if the guy had been facing the other direction, the lighter bricks would have been a great balance.

Either way, if you can, it would be interesting to see it with more contrast. If the bricks popped out more it would provide a background pattern. But you'll have to be careful not to overpower the subject.

All that said, I do like the image.

[mammarazzi]

Great image, love the background. I would love to take shots like that but find it really uncomfortable pointing my camera at the public without their knowledge or consent. I keep thinking that I will get arrested or someone will get offended and punch my lights out.........I have real admiration for these type of shots and maybe one day I will be brave enough to have a go

[flashback]

Phil, great shot! Composition, conversion, vision all come together to make a great image.
And IMHO the brick fill on the right only lends more complexity to the image.

[dubaiphil]

Ooh - forgot to reply to this one.

Thanks guys - this was with my dream combo - Leica M and 35mm f1.4 Summilux ASPH - mmmmmmm!