Yet another occasion when the photography gods were smiling on me last Sunday morning for a change.
There I was kneeling down line-ing up my shot of the brush and leaflet holder when in to my viewfinder comes a hand put a leaflet back in to the holder. Snap I had the picture.
I don’t think the woman whose arm it was knew that I was using a 20mm wide-angle lens and she was inadvertently in my shot.
Just to be sure I reposed the shot with my friend Jean’s hand just in case but I have used the original picture here.
Which of the two versions do you prefer?
Is the top square picture too simple and tidied-up? At a second look I like the diagonal composition of the darker tones in the second picture.
Let me know which you like the best.
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(C) Andy Beel FRPS
Andy Beel FRPS 
I would have to go with the first photo.
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Hi Adrian my problen now is that I can see the merits of both pictures. I have a solution pass the buck and let someone else decide. Thanks for comenting. Andy
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You’re welcome
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Second photo, the outlets bring your eyes from low to high points in the composition.
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Hi Gabby my problem now is that I can see the merits of both pictures. I have a solution pass the buck and let someone else decide. Thanks for comenting. Andy
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Thanks for sharing both options, makes photography real and in the eye of the beholder, but in this case you the photographer.
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I think the first one is the best. I like the square composition and it feels “cleaner”.
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Hi Bjorn my problem now is that I can see the merits of both pictures. I have a solution pass the buck and let someone else decide. Thanks for comenting. Andy
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I find the first one has more going for it – the square format works well.
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Hi John my problem now is that I can see the merits of both pictures. I have a solution pass the buck and let someone else decide. Thanks for comenting. Andy
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It’s the first one, definitely. That’s the great thing about wide wide-angles. Folk have no idea they are ‘featuring’ in the shot. I’m posting an example that relies on that fact tomorrow – purely by chance.
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Hi Andy I have also loved super wide-angle lenses.
My problem now is that I can see the merits of both pictures. I have a solution pass the buck and let someone else decidewhich picture to use. Thanks for comenting. Andy
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Square for me!
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Thanks
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Square for me too.
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Hi Mike Thanks
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I prefer the first one as well…the square composition and it looks cleaner…
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Hi Jennifer thanks for dropping by, that looks like everybody elses conclusion as well. Andy
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