[stepheno]

.....or up as the case may be. Other than the fact there is a strip of wall how else might I have approached this and would you have used different settings.

5D & 24-105 @ 75mm, f4, 1.25, ISO800. TFL.

[Summerleft]

think your avatars scaring people off from commenting


*runs away*

[stepheno]

Ah but, do you know who it is?

[Summerleft]

Nope, usually Im pretty good but I have to admit defeat on this one

[silkstone]

I've no idea who Mr Scary is, but I'll offer a few comments on the pic since nobody else has.

As it stands, the vertical column/wall draws my eye away from everything else, so I'd either demolish it or crop the photo. The interesting part is to the right of it anyway.

The only other thing is that there is some lens and perspective distortion - barrel distortion most visible in the vertical joint at the left, and in the vertical lines top right.

Apart from that, I like the geometrical shapes and the insight.

[stepheno]

Thanks for the comment about the distortion and the wall, well....as I said.

And Mr Scary...........its the original Phantom of the Opera and Lon Chaney played him.

[Whipspeed]

Apart from the other comments, I'd maybe have got a little lower (crouched down) so that you could see the heads of the people on the landing.

[bain]

the way i see it is this, {and by the way i like the consept of the photo}, there are four seperate shots here, top left dark empty room, this is where the Phantom of the Opera sits waiting, playing on his organ. Top right an empty bar where the lonely Mr Chaney sits waiting for a beer, and the waitress is sneeking of in the background.
Bottom left, The waiter is looking for the punter who's done a runner.Bottom right well nobody knows whether they are coming or going, i believe the chap WHO IS HIDING, in the top left of the photo has giving them all different directions to the loos

In other words i think a great shot for letting your imagination run wild. [people watching ].
i think it's time i took my medicine

Mr Chaney

[stepheno]

Thanks for an entertaining and amusing reply

[Charlotte]

I agree with Silky + Whipspeed. Bain, I hope you took your medicine

Well spotted stepheno, lots of potential for this shot

[bain]

Too much i think. anyway back to

[hoffy]

This has got options, lots of pictures in one and well spotted, lots of potencial for another visit and try again.
On this one I would crop to about the center of the pillar from the left.

[stepheno]

Thanks Charlotte, Hoffy - no chance of a revisit at least not 'til next year. I did take one other which although is better composition I prefer the content of the first one. Thanks for looking and commenting