Woman in window

[The_Traveler]

Old Havana, Cuba
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[Mike Drone]

Nice! The red and blue contrast the entire photo. Nice picture =]

 

[Derrel]

Wonderful. Dramatic and compelling.

 

[The_Traveler]

Thank you.
If I am lucky I can include all the elements and emotional content that a viewer would need to construct a story but not be so prescriptive that I am telling the story.

 

[smoke665]

I really like this one though I'm ambivalent about the arm/shoulder on the right. There's a part of me that sees it as a distraction. I think I'd be tempted to remove it entirely.

 

[The_Traveler]

I really like this one though I'm ambivalent about the arm/shoulder on the right. There's a part of me that sees it as a distraction. I think I'd be tempted to remove it entirely.

It would be a bit of a chore to create the window, ledge and all but, more important to me, I like the additional options for the 'story' that the man's arm brings to it.
Without the arm, for me it is just a woman in the window.

 

[smoke665]

, I like the additional options for the 'story' that the man's arm brings to it.

That's why I'm undecided. I also like the added element just wish there was a tad more of the person. Removing it really wouldn't be that difficult.

 

[tirediron]

That is a great image, Lew!

 

[The_Traveler]

, I like the additional options for the 'story' that the man's arm brings to it.

That's why I'm undecided. I also like the added element just wish there was a tad more of the person. Removing it really wouldn't be that difficult.

The amount of the person is, I think, a personal taste assuming that no more is shown beyond the collar of his shirt.
He does have a regulation neck and head in place and there is no hint of anything constructive beyond the blue of the shirt.
I actually really like that a viewer sees only enough to know that he is there.
Is he less or more important by being hinted at, marginalized as it were?
A little ambiguity is a tease.

 

[jcdeboever]

Lew came out from under the rock. Wonderful sir.