Keep it or lose it

192 posts
18 years
South London

Posted 08/01/2011 - 13:31 Link

Hi all. Can you advise me if the yellow cradle should stay or go in this picture.

Thanks mm

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SteveEveritt SteveEveritt

1714 posts
17 years
Somewhere warm and sunny

Posted 08/01/2011 - 13:37 Link

Stay ... it was there, you should tone the sky down a little though.

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Hyram Hyram

2812 posts
19 years
Deepest Hampshire,
England

Posted 08/01/2011 - 16:25 Link

I would rather have a composition without the left hand post box and with the right hand post box appearing to support the external staircase tower on the building (nearest the camera).

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bwlchmawr bwlchmawr

3447 posts
16 years
Somerset

Posted 08/01/2011 - 16:43 Link

Yes, I agree with Hyram: two steps to the right would do it! Probably a repeatable shot, too. Don't mind the yellow cradle: it's fairly insignificant.

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Andrew

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missmarple missmarple

192 posts
18 years
South London

Posted 08/01/2011 - 17:27 Link

Many thanks to you all. That is exactly the type of advice I was hoping to get.

Regards mm

DrOrloff DrOrloff

2628 posts
17 years
Brighton,
England

Posted 09/01/2011 - 19:43 Link

I would go for just the yellow cradle against the structure - no postboxes or sky.

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Smeggypants Smeggypants

7671 posts
17 years
Smegland

Posted 09/01/2011 - 20:18 Link

SteveEveritt wrote:
Stay ... it was there, you should tone the sky down a little though.

Yes, Stay. It's an archive street shot.

And yup the sky needs a grad filter dragged trom top left to centre to tone down that overlighy light area

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Smeggypants Smeggypants

7671 posts
17 years
Smegland

Posted 09/01/2011 - 20:19 Link

DrOrloff wrote:
I would go for just the yellow cradle against the structure - no postboxes or sky.

This would also work well. I would make a copy and do it though. keep the original