The Rule of Fourths

Shot from across stopped traffic, this photo is my statement about

the 'rule of thirds' and other 'rules' -- all meant to be broken or

altered as best fit the circumstance. Your ratings and critiques for

this street portrait are invited and most welcome. If you rate

harshly or very critically, please submit a helpful and constructive

comment; please share your superior photographic knowledge to help

improve my photography. Thanks! Enjoy! John

Can you believe that I was three lanes across traffic shooting through my passenger door window which I lowered electronically as I sat for a traffic signal and the other three lanes just had a little break (except for the guy next to me, who saw my hand signals and moved his car a little bit so I could get this capture.

That this capture exists (let alone that it's postable) is a minor miracle.

It had rotation problems, but I shot large and cropped, which helped achieve the symmetry I had wanted to get when shooting, but my awkward contortion in the car (he was somewhat behind the car and far away) prevented me from doing my best shooting).

However, my lens surely proved sharp, hunh, as it was at full extension, a 70~200 V.R. E.D., Nikkor -- look at the detail in the metal work . . . . effectively a 300 mm film capture given the 'crop factor' of the camera.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, and also for the kind word about the captioning -- I just didn't know what else to call it, since I knew nothing about this guy and was nowhere near him when I shot it. He was just sitting thusly -- across three full lanes of cars and a full, wide curb, with me shooting across my passenger seat and through my passenger window while waiting for the signal to change (fortunately a long signal).

If you can't describe the subject, then describe the technique, or at least the compositional device, I decided.

Thanks again.

John (Crosley)