My son and I were visiting London. We were coming back from Buckingham palace passing by the Wellington Barracks when I saw this gentlemen conversing with the soldier. The constrast caught my attention and I took a quick capture of the moment. I wish it had been sharper, but I feel the interesting subject matter makes up for any loss in the technical photographic aspect of the picture.
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The gentleman looks like he walked right out of Mary Poppins! Not so much the soldier. Interesting juxtaposition, especially with the soldier looking so jolly.
Nice juxtaposition. The cropping is too close to the Soldier on the left. I would have tried to crop it more letterbox style, but perhaps that wasn't possible here.
The desaturation seems too dull. Perhaps some higher contrast would do better.
Finally, if the Soldier hadn't grinned directly at the camera, I think this would have been a perfect candid. 7
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