Johnny and friends

[RBSinTo]

Taken a few years ago during a street festival in the Little Italy District here in Toronto. Johnny Lombardi was an Italian-Canadian multi-cultural broadcasting pioneer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lombardi
Among the various honours he received during his lifetime, was the city erecting a bronze statue of him in the heart of Little Italy.
During a festival I passed by the statue and noticed this humous scene of Johnny and some of his friends and took this shot.
Nikon S3 rangefinder
Cosina Voigtlander 25 f4 in Nikon s mount manual focus
Fuji 100 ISO colour slide
probably about 5.6 @ 1/125th

[lovelife65]

I’d love to like this but it doesn’t work for me sorry. To me there is no focal point of interest it’s just three sloppy guys eating something staring at you wondering why you are taking their snapshot. And as one is always saying, you didn’t get close enough.

[RBSinTo]

Sharon,
Thanks for commenting.
I appreciate your comments but don't know how I could have gotten in much closer, unless I ignored the group and concentrated on fewer members of the group.
Robert

[Geoff F]

Composition looks OK to me but it is a rather dark image. I suspect that with a little more brightness, carefully applied, this scene would have more impact.

Possibly another title might also help to grab the interest of people who don't know who Johnny was. It didn't mean anything to me until I read your explanation.

[DanK]

I think the capture is interesting and humorous, but the image needs work. As Geoff says, it is generally underexposed, except that the white t-shirt and hat are at the limit, and the hat actually looks like it is clipping. And the shadows are in the wrong places. I assume that the contrast between the men and the statue is the point, but they don't stand out. Except for the right side (photo left) of the man in the center, all three faces are in deep shadow. The statue is very close to full black, dark enough that one has to strain to see that he is a dapper dresser. A little dodging would help a lot, although the statue is so dark that I doubt one could bring out all that much detail.