On Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 12:27 PM, arathi-sridhar wrote:
hi. have uploaded this one http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1675094
have got viewings and ratings too... and no comments :( please feel free. theres another similar one in the same folder.
thanks. Sridhar
Sridhar,
Between the two images (of the goat and of the shrine) you certainly have enough elements for a decent shot. The photo of the shrine from your folder is far more interesting on its own (IMO) than the picture of the goat but neither one is what it could be. The photo you want comment on is very static. The goat and the tree are just dead center in the photo--which is not necessarily bad, but the goat doesn't fill up enough of the image to make looking at him particularly rewarding, and the shrine is pretty much obscured by the goat. The horizontal framing combined with the obscuring goat makes me wonder where the shrine is, and whether the parked bicycle on the side is telling me the visitor to the unseen shrine is around, but not in the photo. Lots of ambiguity and not many clues as to what's going on or where the focus is.
Framing vertically and possibly including the sign on the tree in addition to goat or having the goat not completely blocking the shrine could be one approach and it would enable you to leave out dead space and distracting elements. Not having the goat and the tree stranded, at loose ends out in the middle of your photo would help. Getting closer to the goat or the tree, or anything pertinent would help clue the viewer in to what you want them to focus their attention on. Placing the subjects of your photo such that they make use of the foreground, midground, and/or background could be an approach, too. Contrasting the color or texture of the goat with or against that of the tree and the shrine could be another way to add to the appeal of your photo.
Hope this helps (disregard if it doesn't).
Dan Scott
