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What a great story photo. There is so much action going on in this. It is a slice of life. Well captured.

Okay, I'll be the first to say it, "I'd crop off all the the left and just leave the square framed image of the four participants." A very good capture and a good subject title!

Un abella estampa comun que narra de forma sencilla y cotidiana esas situaciones que a veces olvidamos. Un cordial saludo amigo

Yes, it was remarkable, indeed.

Margaret.. Thanks for your real enjoying..!

 

Shawn.. Thanks for enjoying and remarkable advice! However, I will never change this format, using this camera, in a square one. And about cropping: the crop of the blue dust-bin on the right is already a shame. In getting a different approach I should have shot closer. For me it's just some.. crop or delete. Next I think the space on the left needed for his posture, otherwise I would instinctivily have turned the camera to the right. This was the reality.

 

alejandro, amigo.. Thanks! Un abella estampa = a nice example of how.. ???! :)

Thanks in advance..!!

Un a bella estampa comun que narra de forma sencilla y cotidiana esas situaciones que a veces olvidamos. Un cordial saludo amigo

 

A beautiful composition of a scene that narrates in a sinply way, those daily situations that sometimes we forget. Regards.

 

Olaf, this is the translation of the comment.

 

 

 

 

Happy New Year!

 

This is a wonderful composition. Saludos.

Haha.. Mari.., yes it is! Very glad you passed by! My first Spanish friend on PN is Gerardo Llaneza. Both language-cripple to each other. I often did answer with just humoristicly choosen Spanish standerd sentences out of a tourist-dictionary..! Fun! Yes, especially for me!!! Haha.. Wish you a year full of wisdom! 2008/2008/2008 (Spanish, English, Dutch ) Gelukkig nieuw jaar! Gegroet!

Very good composition.Happy new year 2008.

happy compositions.. in 2008! :)

Very cool shot, Olaf. Funny and interesting.

Not "seeing" me, he did persist for seconds in being a sportsman..!

A little messy but still a big yes! You had access to something unique and you captured it.

When you need help translating a comment left by another PN member I have found this web site to be of much help: "AltaVista".

But take caution if you use it to compose a response back to the person in their own language. This site does not always translate English to other languages in the manner that we would expect it to. If I want to respond to someone in Spanish, I will always translate my comment from English to Spanish and then from Spanish back to English just to be sure of what I am saying.

Great idea! Will absolutely use it. Thanks for the extra tips! Can you send me a Spanish message please? NO! I'm joking!

From a purely graphic point of view it's perfect! The boy bends along the diagonal and I like the perfectly horizontal pavement.

However the picture is very, very crowded ... What should be the main focus?

Btw: it must be Germany, in France you sell "timbres" not "Briefmarken".

L.

the main focus is staring at you..! Crowded? We once did have five kinds on vacation, this boy only is the eldest of three. Yes, on our way to France, this was near the border, still in Germany. Belgium normally is the way, however from the (our) north of the Netherlands a new (northern) German highway is very easy in reaching the North East of France. France does mean freedom, with the campingbus one just can look after free places nearly everywhere, for we always camp "en sauvage" (in the wild). Places like small villages, small squares, next to a river, or, very good: just at the local cemetry..! Yes: very quiet, nice surrounding, just easy parking and always (!) plenty of fresh water..! :)      

Still, it's crowded.

The eye is kept busy with many subjects, forms, objects, colours ...

however it would mean deleting or making a square of it by leaving the automat on the left. Unique was his posture and the fact he, even in the crowd and also watching me, for a few seconds fully concentrated did perform this remarkable pose. After all, deleting is out of the question, and a square would be too easy. I don't see any different possibility. Nice your persisting..! :)

Do have two shots of this pose. Before this one, the girl was standing near the left machine, the small brother standing next to him, while visually toutching each other. Mother was phoning on the right, where she comes from.. So, ít's clear why it got this image. Yes, now the rest of the digging, totally forgotten. Just one example, do have two options.

(Now I do understand why the waiting of my Irene always lasted more than the promised five minutes.. Now she is shooting by herself - very good overall views with people added..! She is loosing her modesty. Got the boost in the streets of Jeruzalem, two months ago.) The example.. 

Simply too much crop, the boy indeed was fantastic, just playing overthere.

The refused square on it self wouldn't be that bad..! :) Against my principes, chanching a 10x15 format. However I was thinking of it, in some cases there simply isn't a different format while at that moment just composing different is asking for it.. 

I absolutely love the first one you attached.

Really outstanding photo!

L.

OK – it looks crowded because where is he throwing the ball to?  A wall that is so close on the right, that if he throws it with all that tremendous force, it is going to come back and hit him square in the face. 

I guess it would be anathema to crop the left and transform the right out a few inches?  I won’t even mention it.

 All the stuff on the left is not alive, memorable or interesting, and all the action is going away from it.  The children in themselves are absolutely dynamic.  He even looks like he has his tongue in his cheek.