The Hard Lads

Yep, beter in black and white. more attention on the people.

regards

I really like this photo a lot. I did not see the color version, but I suspect that it may not have been as effective as the monochrome seen here.

Observations:

I like the way that the frame is split into two triangles by the division between the motorbikes at the lower right and people in the upper section.

I also enjoy the inclusion of a number of icons of young malehood: the machinery of the motorbikes dominate the foreground, the young men are clustering together in "jaunty" poses look like they own the world as they smoke (and the cigarettes are also one of these icons.), and there is an almost obscured your woman passing by on the other side. (Am I correct that her eyes seem nervously directed toward these fellows as she passes?) Lots of visual interest in this image.

Fine work.

Dan