A fellow photographer being photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I find people studying art in museums visually interesting. Here the contrast between the statue and the photographer is unique.

A funny moment. It would probably be even funnier had you moved a bit to the left, so that it is more obvious what she's focusing on, but it's good as it is. A suggestion: try to use a shallower depth of field so that we don't see anything else but your subject and statue.

I find some humor in the pairing of the statue and the photographer.

I am interested if people think the photographer is too close to the

bottom of the frame.

A humorous shot. I agree that this would be better with shallower DOF so that the focus was more on the foreground.

Depth-of field has been pointed out and I agree it would help to narrow it. The whote space to the right of the statue, the cut foot of the photographer, suggest to me that a step back and moving the camera to the left would have offered a better shot, with a more balanced composition. But I also know that time and opportunity are limited in this kind of shots, so I'm probably nitpicking.

Mark: You did good! It is better to be lucky than good, some days. But good is there, too. Given the apparent candid nature of the photo, not a lot of improvement could be done, but if it were a set-up shot, it just cries out for a head- to-toe of David, and a slightly more frontal angle,(for those who are familiar with the sculpture.) which may have eliminated some of the complaints about depth of field and isolation of the subjects. Great photo! I got a crick in my neck just looking at it. CC

Good photo - i agree with all the above said - to me the main mistake here is the trimmed photographer.

 

 

As it is the photo does work it is a great environmental shot of a photographer at work and could be used by a photography magazine I to would suggest a few improvements. I would suggest most of the same ideas already presented, DOF, including her foot, and including Davids head. I personally like the angle you have on this shot. If I was taking the picture and wanted to get a different angle it would be from the other side not just a little to the left, but that is just how I would see it.

 

Here is a scan of the contact sheet of this frame. As you see one of the problems noted is solvable, the framing of the statue and the photographer. My scanner's automatic sizing actually cropped off the top of the statue, which is headless. The cropping of the photographer's foot was chosen as the bottom edge allowing the top of the statue to remain within the 8X10 proportions. The positioning of the statue and depth-of-field will have to be fixed the next time:-)

My first thought is that the contrast is a bit low, at least on the statue. I know its probably completely imposible, but my instinct would be to move the photographer towards the statue, and crop it into something closer to a vertical panoramic format.