Napping Time

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi,
Is the shot too busy?
yoyo

[Nina]

I do find it a bit busy. I do feel that you should've focused more on the gentleman snoozing on the bench. He's interesting.

[Mr Yuck]

yeah a lower DOF would have been good, but it's good to incorporate the busyness behind him to show the odd place that he's snoozing.

[jar_e]

A tad busy, but I like it. I think it works and the black and white is a great touch. I don't think you can crop this to make this less busy, but regradless, great shooting!

Love it,

Jared

[vivatornado]

its busy, but it works. the man is very interesting and the woman also causes a little bit of thinking as well. id like to see this with a little bit more contrast.

[opus]

This might have worked better if you had taken a step or two to your left and crouched down, filling a bit more of your frame with the sleeping man while still getting action in the background. That would have drawn our eye right to the sleeping man, while we would still be taking in the background with our peripheral vision. You'd put more emphasis on the paradox of a sleeping man on a busy street.

Right now I'm afraid the walking woman is taking too much of my attention. My eye finds the sleeping man second.

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hey Guys,
Thanks a lot for the helpful comments.
yoyo

[corrie]

I like the setting and the busy-ness. It makes the image more interesting to see the old man sleeping in such environment. The only issue I have is, I can't really know what to focus without reading the title of your image. May be having the old man a bit more closer to the centre would help.

I enjoy these Hong Kong streets photos that you posted a lot.

Corrie

[Sleep_pilot]

Hi,
Is the shot too busy?
yoyo

I found it busy too. Is there a different angle that you could took a picture of the man napping?

[Yoyo Szeto]

Hi Corrie and Sleep,
Thanks for the analysis. I'll experiment with your suggestions.
yoyo