Climbing The Walls

[DigitalScape]

[Geoff F]

Nice scene with a well thought out composition.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi John,

The thought that occurs to me is that it is a shame about the three areas of bright red which grab my eye, makes me wonder what it would look like in monochrome.

Alternatively, deal with them on a one by one basis by various techniques; e.g. cloning, desaturation and/or colour changing.

Or re-shoot when the car isn't parked there, the chap in the red jacket isn't passing on his bike and the set of barriers isn't in the shot.
In all seriousness, I mention these possibilities for anyone with qualms about cloning (etc.) - in other words; at another moment in time, those three things wouldn't have been in shot anyway.

I agree with Geoff the composition does work - initially I wasn't sure, but tried some alternatives and ended up back where you are.

HTH Dave

[Mike Buckley]

Consider cropping at the bottom just above the top of the store front to simplify the image and to make the climbers stand out more. Also consider converting to monochrome as Dave suggested. The tops of the trees nicely frame and convey the height of the subjects when the image is cropped and converted.

[Shadowman]

Nicely seen and captured.

[bje07]

Consider cropping at the bottom just above the top of the store front to simplify the image and to make the climbers stand out more. Also consider converting to monochrome as Dave suggested. The tops of the trees nicely frame and convey the height of the subjects when the image is cropped and converted.

I agree with Mike, as Dave says if you don't want to modify the reality, just crop as suggested.
I was about to write the same after reading Dave comments, thank you Mike

[Dave Humphries]

Unless there is a good compositional reason for it, I'm not a fan of (just) cropping the ground out of (basically) an architectural shot, as I feel it takes away the 'foundation' on which it should stand.

Probably explains why I don't shoot buildings much - I don't like the clutter often found at ground level, but won't tilt the camera up a little (or crop) to exclude that. If I have to tilt the camera, it (the tilt) has to be a major aspect of the composition.

There was a great example of this I saw here in last couple of days, but I can't find it now

So I'll give an old shot of mine an airing instead as an example and another.

Cheers, Dave

[madcrow]

John, nice shot I like it.

[DigitalScape]

Thank you everyone for your comments and suggestions/feedback. I also am not found of the distractions in front of the building, but that was what I was given at the time. I should have waited a few seconds more to allow the guy riding the bicycle to clear the frame.

[Mike Buckley]

Unless there is a good compositional reason for it, I'm not a fan of (just) cropping the ground out of (basically) an architectural shot

For me, this isn't an architectural image. In an architectural image, the primary subject is the architecture. In this image, the primary subject is a series of sculptures. Accordingly, the approach can and should be different in my mind. Even so, there are good compositional reasons for cropping to eliminate the ground in this image for the reasons I already mentioned.

[bnnrcn]

What an interesting image, a B&W conversion might work nice too

[Geoff F]

I'm with Dave regarding this image. For me, the foreground adds just enough 'reality' to the scene, including the cyclist.