This statue is in Wolhwa Park and I’ve attempted a number of times to photograph it but always been defeated by the messy surroundings. The city seems to be cleaning up the area now, but the little park with the giant gingko tree was surrounded by prefab shops (gone as of two weeks ago), an ugly green wire fence, and drunks. I finally hit upon the idea of using a short telephoto focal length to isolate some details.
I like it! I’m rather fond of the square format. Being a bit of a square myself.
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Thanks very much. Square likes the square. Oh ho ho. Very punny.
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What does it look like outwith the cropping? Did you take any narrowing the focus and going from figure to figure?
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I think it’s just distracting background outside the square. I set the camera to 1:1 so I don’t think I saw the photo in a regular 35mm frame. I focused on each figure separately and chose this one as the best.
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I like this a lot – good work, sir. I would take a lot of satisfaction from this shot, given that it was bugging you. Well done for rising to the challenge and sticking with it.
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Thanks very much. Speaking of challenges, I tried photographing the market in black and white. Not easy. I think more trips and many more shutter clicks are required.
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A very tight and by all standards nice composition and execution, Marcus. I like the depth in it and the beautiful isolation of each object creating the depth and some strange mystique.
I’m quite curious about the surroundings though, and what’s going on in that area. The statue looks very nice at least.
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The surroundings aren’t much to look at. Which is why I went for the detail. The little park the statue is in is usually inhabited by old guys smoking and drinking.
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