Constructive criticism very much appreciated - keen to learn more and improve. I bought a decent camera in February 2016 and joyed this wonderful space...
Love this shot. I like how the gap in the seated figures is filled by the onlookers. Great street shot.
You said you are up for constructive criticism, so being very, very nit-picky I would have been tempted to straighten the picture so the seat & fence are completely horizontal. The picture has some lovely strong verticals and horizontals and I think this would enhance it. Did you try that and it not work out - sometimes I think squaring things up will help but it doesn't work out in practice!
@lizhammond Thanks Liz for all your comments. I really appreciate them including the suggestions. I did try straightening the horizontals but it caused the verticals of the main building on the left to become out of true. I opted to keep the building straight but perhaps the shot would have looked better with straight horizontals instead. I will have a play with the original and look again. It's all good learning!
Hi Helen, not surprised to hear that you tried and it hadn't worked out. I find it so tricky to sort out perspective in post. Would trust your eyes on it - the verticals in the picture are lovely would be a real shame to loose them. Thanks for appreciating the suggestion anyhow :-)
You said you are up for constructive criticism, so being very, very nit-picky I would have been tempted to straighten the picture so the seat & fence are completely horizontal. The picture has some lovely strong verticals and horizontals and I think this would enhance it. Did you try that and it not work out - sometimes I think squaring things up will help but it doesn't work out in practice!