Passing Murals

http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/im...themuralSM.jpg


http://www.shuttertalk.com/forums/im...hopstoreSM.jpg

They don't seem to be concerned with the mural. What were you trying to say with these photos ?

They are photos--not verbalizations. The upper one is aboriginals in front of an aboriginal depiction (walking by it). the lower one is would be suburban hip-hoppers in front of a suburban hip hop store (not a contradiction in terms eh?).

Hi Don,
I like the juxtapositon in Photo 2. It is very intriguing.
yoyo

Thanks yoyo.

No, photos are not verbalizations but they must "say" something to the observer. Have a theme of some sort. I got what the second one is but the first one would be quite hard for anyone to decipher apart from people walking in front of a painted wall in other words....it dont say anyhting at all.

The first one doesn't really work for me... you don't get enough of the mural to know what the mural's subject is and to see a relation to the people walking by, and you don't see any of the faces of the people...

I think the second one you achieved what you intended. It works really well and I love the cross positions of the two people and the sort of mirroring effect (I hope that makes sense).

Thanks Charman and Cara. Those are very worthwhile comments. I didnt mean to sound defensive. I agree, number 2 is far better. I wish I had used a shorter lens on number 1.