Everybody Wants To Be In The Frame!

They all wanted to be photographed; but I promised only three prints.

Fair enough?

I knew this was one of yours when i saw it...these people responding to your respect of humanity...I myself like all the people in the background...to me it adds to this image...I do not like the head right behind the man in the middle it converges with his ear...I hope it was ok to have cropped and cloned so that these three smiling faces could have all the attention they desired...I love the expressions of everyone in this image...!

 

I see a great B&W print as well...three prints if you crop...five if you don't....

 

Bluent...thank you for all your visits and helpful comments this year...I look forward to next year's visions from you! I hope you can continue to shoot from your heart...juan

I agree with Juan if you're after a photo which gives precedence to your 3 main subjects. As it stands, it's a great 'slice of life' of the neighborhood with lots of recognizable faces. The message here: A bunch of happy people! Best, LM.

Thank you very much for your comments.

This is a very special photo for me. Certainly not owing to its aesthetic qualities :) It is practically my first "proper" street photo; that is why! The purpose was to shoot the three only. I confess, I did not even notice the other two; I was so excited and busy...

I have considered cropping the photo when I first noticed the two people in the backround. However, I thought they were adding another dimension to the photo and I decided to keep them. Also, cutting (well, cropping!) part of the smiling lady was damaging to the recomposed group shot... The other, faceless, people were only distractions but I was not sure if I could remove them nicely. Juan's gracious attempt at it convinced me that I should give it a try. These were all done for the new B&W version I am uploading today. I leave the present one as it is to help future visitors follow the arguments.

Again, my heartfelt thanks to you for your visits, constructive criticisms and your outright help. I do benefit a lot from them.

Wish you a merry Christmas with your loved ones...

You should not do anything to it.

a real photo

Thank you both for commenting on this one; my very first "street photo"!

Meir,

I think I do understand you.

Asher,

Your comment is interesting and it made me think about "real"ity & photographs. Tough subject... In a sense, "real" can be the opposite of "sterile", I think...

Real is not sterile. I think sterile is when one clones etc, out ever flaw to make it perfect when it is not perfect..., that is sterile. Real is when it is not made perfect when it is not perfect....about crop or not crop... In many classic photos in MOMA - the onlookers are more or as important as the subject; and this is why they are in MOMA.