Composition input, please

(Ghastly) Krueger · Nov 16, 2006

I saw this garage the other day and I thought it could make a nice pic (the contrast of the old truck with the new car) and decided to make a practice run... but the result seems bland.

Don't worry about the light, I know it's not the best, I'm concentrating on composition right now.

So what do you think would improve the effect? Cropping? Different angle? A better car than the crappy dodge?

Thanks!

cosmonaut · Nov 16, 2006

Composition isn't my strong point, but your subject is to far away and to centered. Composition is about coming up with different or distorted angles and views. This would be hard to do with the location of your subject. Maybe shot over the fence looking down or through the fence shooting up.
Cosmo

Ripnowell45 · Nov 16, 2006

I would get closer maybe at some angle and dont have everything centered in the picture. Good picture though. I would like to maybe see it in B&W

fmw · Nov 16, 2006

I thought the bricks and foliage to the left of the garage were superfluous. Your lens has quite a bit of pincushion distortion and the bricks really bring that out. Also the frame is tilted a little counter clockwise. I Straightened it up, cropped to put the cars at the compositional "golden mean" and reduced the dynamic range a little to lighten the shadows. You can decide for youself if it is better.

blooper · Nov 16, 2006

nice edit fmw. thats waht i was thinking also.

(Ghastly) Krueger · Nov 16, 2006

Thank you very much for your comments and help. I'll give it another shot.

Cheers

fmw · Nov 16, 2006

(Ghastly) Krueger said:
Thank you very much for your comments and help. I'll give it another shot.

Cheers

You're welcome and I think you did fine. After all, I only edited your image. I didn't replace it with anything. It's an interesting image. Good shooting.