Picture Light
by gcosue

Comment:
Except for the negative aspect of so many dead trees, I don't think the phone books add to the overall concept or effect. Would like to see the same shot with just the picture, empty chair, and the blank TV.

There are NO Butts about it .. Smoking is disgusting!!
by CreativeFlyPhoto

Comment:
Hmmm...at least it's not a bronchoscopic view of a smoker's lungs...

ndn car
by WRen

Comment:
Eye goes to the subject right away. I myself would play with the tone curve(s) to try and keep a little more texture in the clouds while retaining the overall silhouette look. Limited resolution is causing the diagonal lines to get a bit jaggy, but they're supposed to be in the background anyway.

Negative Space
by brianeden

Comment:
Bah, their meetings probably aren't any fun anyway....

Bring a Pen and Paper
by zadore

Comment:
I haven't seen/used one of those in a while.

The Smithfield Street Bridge
by alanfreed

Comment:
Great color effects. I'm not sure if I'd like it better with still water/clearer reflections or this way, but if it were convenient I'd reshoot it myself if possible. I really like everything else about it.

mirror mirror
by jebo

Comment:
I find the tree to the left of the mirror a little distracting; I'd have tried cropping a little from the left and bottom. I like pretty much everything else about it -- maybe tipping the mirror down a touch would make the rows of trees more parallel (I don't know if it would look better or not, but it would be nice to see).

Oasis
by floyd

Comment:
What was growing there earlier?

Not Very Exciting
by jdincolsprings

Comment:
Your shot would have been ruined if they'd installed these pigeon repellants there:
//www.pbase.com/image/4984661

After Curfew
by GeneralE

Comment:
Thanks for all your comments. I think hbunch has my interpretation most correct -- this is a "negative" space in the societal as well as photographic context. Those tetherballs are surrounded by a space which should be filled with kids -- since I shot it right in the middle of the school day it's amazing I got a shot with no one in it except someone way off in the distant trees. I darkened the overall look to make it more depressing-looking; maybe a brightly-lit daytime scene with no kids would be better? You can link to the unaltered frame at:
//www.pbase.com/image/4952162

--Paul