The pink bag

A huge, overhanging, convex mirror in a new building of Barcelona harbour, with the first rays of light. I was preparing to shot something else when the pink bag cought my attention in a corner of the frame and I shot up at the mirror as from this full-frame crop.

With a 50mm and no time to think, I captured this scene off a large

overhanging mirror, while intent at shooting something else. I am not

quite sure about what to do with it, apart from cropping the part I

find more interesteing and flipping it horizontally and vertically,

and I would welcome further suggestions. The full frame is also posted

here below.

How about giving more empty space on the left and a slightly smaller space on the right? The bar across the middle then becomes quite an effective dividing line between the occupied and unoccupied areas. For a quick shot, this is a very interesting composition...

The colors tones, shadows, geometrical lines all provided an attractive interplay of light in this image.

 

If there's any nit-pick, I would rather have the woman to be at the lower left quadrant; there by balancing/echoing the guy diagonally. But, street photos are always a thrill to shoot.

 

Thank you for sharing.

I think Steve's is the more dynamic crop on your image -- a very interesting take, and surprisingly little distortion considering how it was taken. Very interesting. You have a good eye for "odd, but effective" That's a compliment, really! :)

I prefer the original crop (not least because it loses the partial pair of legs at the top of the frame). I think it has a better balance and dynamism. I also wonder whether if the figure with the bag were at the right side of the picture she wouldn't upset the balance rather than make it. The slightly heavier texture and shade on the left of the prominent center dividing diagonal, and the proportions on each side of the diagonal seem to create sufficient balance already, leaving the eye free to enjoy the acute "Z" lines between the shadows, figures and corners on the right. I think it's a very well found shot, not just for the prominent lines and angles, but also because the opposite directions in which the two figures are looking, which is the real variable in shooting this, make and are fully consistent with the lines within the composition. Best, Jeremy.