Chocolate Cafe

[swmdrayfan]

Here are three different versions:
#1 Just the woman with the ice cream cone

#2
Black and white copy of the original shot with more contrast

#3
Same as above but with less contrast

[drg]

I feel the square crop is the strongest of these extra images. Perhaps less square and get the top to not come as close to the "Chocolate & Coffee Bar" sign.

When I saw this the first time, I was ambivalent about the light along the bottom of the image. Its inclusion I feel depends upon how the photograh is framed. Like this, I would delete it, but if you frame so that there is a contrasted border it could be included.

The lady alone in her hat staring across the frame is a good photograph, but the photo need the edge of the window frame to keep the eye from just wandering off with her stare. The pillar inside the shop helps and if all the frame at the right is eliminated it can serve the same purpose. I'd also leave more of the photo at the right in the 'squarer' type of crop to root the figure more in the composition.

Photographs of this type are very individual in how they are presented and become many times as much about the personal taste of the photographer and the elements they wish to include/exclude. The medium of presentation (printed, projected, mounted, the web, etc) also dictates the tonality and contrast of the final product.

Good work! Consider b/w or monochrome when presented with these types of scenes, it is often stunning what can happen!

[swmdrayfan]

I feel the square crop is the strongest of these extra images. Perhaps less square and get the top to not come as close to the "Chocolate & Coffee Bar" sign.

When I saw this the first time, I was ambivalent about the light along the bottom of the image. Its inclusion I feel depends upon how the photograh is framed. Like this, I would delete it, but if you frame so that there is a contrasted border it could be included.

The lady alone in her hat staring across the frame is a good photograph, but the photo need the edge of the window frame to keep the eye from just wandering off with her stare. The pillar inside the shop helps and if all the frame at the right is eliminated it can serve the same purpose. I'd also leave more of the photo at the right in the 'squarer' type of crop to root the figure more in the composition.

Photographs of this type are very individual in how they are presented and become many times as much about the personal taste of the photographer and the elements they wish to include/exclude. The medium of presentation (printed, projected, mounted, the web, etc) also dictates the tonality and contrast of the final product.

Good work! Consider b/w or monochrome when presented with these types of scenes, it is often stunning what can happen!

Thanks dr g. There were several ways to go with it, and I'm glad everyone's put in their .02. It's going to help the next time I come across an opportunity like this.
John