Capitalizing on a photo opportunity?

Hello All,

In my quest as a novice to become better at this craft I'm confronted with many obstacles but the one that I find most challenging and most rewarding is composition.
I'm constantly on the lookout for unique opportunities like all the lines in the photo below.

My question to those who have much more experience than I do is, out of the three photos below, which one, if any, is the most appealing to you and more importantly, why.
What could or should I have done to capitalize on this photo opportunity?

Many thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions.

Gord

Very cool pic. I like #2 best of these three. Try one more: Leave the tan frame around the outer doorway as the person on the left is too close to the edge.

Hi. I like the view through the doorway best, but straighten it using perspective in Photoshop. I like the beams and shadows, seems well exposed, so well done. Its the people that weaken the image, for me. The two standing spoil the overall impact. Would be better to have one person, or maybe 3 people, one on each bench. Can't always achieve it, but I think it would make the image much stronger.

I would pick the top image, but that would be the one that got the monochrome conversion. I think that the colour is weak in the shot, and it would be better to dispense with it completely. Of course that is just my opinion.

Alan

I took a shot at it. If you don't want it posted let me know and I'll remove it. I thought that a high contrast cool B&W treatment would work nicely.

I would pick the top image. Looking through a doorway always gives a sort of voyeuristic look to an image which heightens the interest. The other images do not have a lot of interest.

rrblint wrote in post #18028020
I took a shot at it. If you don't want it posted let me know and I'll remove it. I thought that a high contrast cool B&W treatment would work nicely.

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Please leave it up, it has me thinking.

Hi All,

Many thanks for your comments and suggestions, I appreciate the time and effort spent.

Learning how to see creatively by looking through the eyes of the experienced really helps me get a handle on what my options are.
I personally like the first photo but I wish I had more area on the outside of the doorway to act as a larger frame for the photo.
I feel that the people in the picture are more of a visual interruption; I don't think they add anything to the photo and create more of a distraction than anything else.
But those are just my thoughts.

Gord

#1 and I'm not a fan of shots though doorways or windows. But of course there is always an exception and it works very well for me in this image. Love the lines.

Even though it is about the lines, I don't like the monochrome versions, to me they seem too harsh, but of course that could be what you are after. I can't look at them for long though. #1 is just subtle enough to be obvious but want me to look at the other elements in the image.

woodpecker wrote in post #18027710
Hello All,

In my quest as a novice to become better at this craft I'm confronted with many obstacles but the one that I find most challenging and most rewarding is composition.
I'm constantly on the lookout for unique opportunities like all the lines in the photo below.

My question to those who have much more experience than I do is, out of the three photos below, which one, if any, is the most appealing to you and more importantly, why.
What could or should I have done to capitalize on this photo opportunity?

Many thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions.

Gord

I'm responding before looking at others' responses.

My favorite is the first. It reminds me of an infinity mirror. The framing with the doorway makes the photo. If I were you, I would take it as is, print it, frame it, and hang it on my wall.

Improvements?

I'd have moved more to the right to ensure the man in the blue shirt wasn't right at the edge of the doorway. I might have also backed up a bit more to ensure I was getting the bottom of the doorway to complete the frame. Otherwise I think it looks great!