randmcnatt

The starkness of the rocks, the positions of the figures and their echo in the shadow on the pavement, the emptiness of the ocean...they all conspire to create a real feeling of separation and detachment. I really like it. Even the unbalanced and slightly skewed composition work well.

One quibble only: the cranes in the upper right spoil a very powerful composition, at least for me. If they were not there we would have two lonely people staring out at nothing.

I like the starkness of this image, and enjoy the unexpected playfullness of that yellow hat. The three static elements have just the right degree of not-quite-balanced tension to balance the two living subjects.

At the risk of offending purists, I would have manipulated the image either by desaturating the dog to increase the starkness of the tableau, or increasing its saturation to more closely echo the tone of the hat.