The Elgin Marbles and the Koreans, a photo from London, England

Photographer's Note

On my recent trip back to the UK I paid a visit to The British Museum, a place i've always been meaning to go but never quite managed. I went to the Marbles and waited until a suitable scene presented itself. It didn't, but then out of nowhere a large tour roup of Koreans appeared and started posing around the Marbles. I thought it would be neat to 'steal' a shot of the Koreans!

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Luko (14000) 2007-09-30 14:06

Will, this photo is REALLY worth doing something. I mean it, although your PP is particularly sloppy on this one (you might have a monitor calibration porblem too, I see that some of your images are way too dark).

The idea of paralleling the real people and the statues line up is strong and it pays on your composition effectiveness. Maybe you've had luck too, the groups of people are spread out nicely through the frame as we can easily guess what they're doing, like different slices of lifes experienced into a museum (Been-there photo souvenirs, time to get lost, the indifferent chats).

Like I said the big problem comes from the density of your image. It's important that we can easily read what's going on. I have uploaded a WS which I think fixes your issues.

[workshop] [compare] +

Furachan (0) 2007-09-30 20:47

Fantastic idea and enough for me to deserve the full whack. Having said that Luko is right about clarity issues, about the execution and his workshop does point the way...
Well seen, mate!
Francis

Greg1949 (9011) 2007-10-08 19:52

Will, nice shot, seems the subjects aren't too interested. I like the posted version as opposed to the ws though I can see where you were going with it. Nice capture.

Greg