All Alone and Still Gathering Attention
I was in Hannover for a few days and went out with the tripod one evening, planning to shoot some tower cranes near the central train station. I found them interesting because there were too many of them on a small area and because their booms were decorated by colorful lights. Well, my wide-angle was not wide enough for all cranes in one image, and all my attempts to get some interesting crops failed.
I was ready to call it a day when I noticed this fellow waiting for the bus. I immediately spotted the two men on the advertisements to his right, forming a funny succession: a drunk man, a well-dressed man, a man in a convertible. Being afraid that my “model” might wake up at any moment, I took a few quick shots. Only then I noticed the father and daughter on the left, seemingly laughing at the poor fellow. So I took a few more shots. I quite like this one here.
I need to learn to see better. When I look at this image now and can think of several ways to improve it.
The entire glass side of the bus stop (with the two laughing kids) does not fit well into this image and the man with his daughter on the far left fits very well, but is cut off. If I had taken my image from a few steps further to the left, I could have shown the entire man and hidden the two kids completely.
I am also bothered by those ladders visible immediately above the man’s shoulder. If I had moved a bit to the left or to the right, I surely could have found a less busy background. Or I could have used a wider aperture for a shallower depth-of-field. All that’s left now is Photoshop — either blur the two distracting areas or make them darker.
At the time of taking the image I was concentrating on the sleeping man, and did not notice all these imperfections. Next time I’ll just have to look more carefully.