The obscure twin

Well, not a street actually: this was in Notre Dame, Paris. Thank you

for comments and critiques! L.

HI there, it's a nice juxtaposition of silhouettes. very good shot but i would crop out the upper part a bit. cheers

Geniale direi. Una bella idea proprio! Al di la' della tonaca bianca a mio avviso leggermente sparata, mi piace molto anche la realizzazione e in particolare la composizione dell'immagine. Io non taglierei in alto perche' e' affascinante lo sfumare delle alte pareti verso l'oscurita'. Alla prossima!

The pope in his usual pose and place, the silhouette and the height of the room are so specific for the motif and so nice! Great use of the B&W technique!

 

PDE

Thank you all for the nice comments.

Yes, I might crop the upper part more, but I like the pillar fading to black, it adds some "atmosphere" (I hate the word but do not know how to tell it better now) to the image (mauro said something similar in Italian).

Pierre, I wanted to point out that the man in white is actually not the pope, although I agree with you that there is a striking resemblance in the pose. He was just one of many priests involved in a very solemn celebration in Notre Dame de Paris. The "obscure twin" is actually another one of them. I hoe this does not diminish your opinion of the image! Ciao L.

Don't crop...

 

The dark pillars add an amount of depth (in perspective and in atmosphere) that would be missing without them.

 

The only nitpick I have with the picture is the "third head" that's in the lower right corner. However I don't think that cropping on the right is a good idea.

 

Regards, Matthijs.