Dam kids

[Preeb]

I'm primarily interested in comments about the composition. I realize that the image isn't tack sharp. There are certain limitations with the process, so the composition is what I'm most concerned with. This is a scan of a 25 year old Ektachrome slide. I've been reviewing old slides and scanning worthwhile images into digital storage.

The only data I have is that it was taken with a Minolta SRT-102 and a Vivitar 70-150 zoom. The image is 2 boys walking on the spillway of the dam at Chatfield Reservoir in southwest Denver. Thanks for looking, and any comments are welcome.

[windrider86]

Ah Chatfeild, many a memory there.
The kids are lost in the mass of concrete and then the concrete loses the battle of being the main focal point over the dirt on the right hand side. Theeye is drawn to the different texture right away.
Not sure how you'd go about a different angle but I think I'd give it a try

[Preeb]

Thanks for the comment. I'll keep that in mind then next time I have a similar opportunity. I actually liked the idea of the mass of concrete dwarfing the two boys, but I did have an issue with the dark bed of rocks in the corner.

If it was taken with my current camera, I might be able to crop it a bit. but as it is, it just isn't sharp enough. I don't think that a significantly different angle would be possible, as I think that I'd have to be flying to move far enough to the right to take the rocks out of the frame completely. Of course this was a pure accident of timing anyway, as I have no idea who the kids were. It was just a moment in time which would be hard to replicate. Those particular kids are now grown, probably with families of their own.

[DanaLane]

I'd love to see this as a bit more of a horizontal panel, cropped in from both the top and bottom. I really like the basic composition, but as the earlier posted stated, the kids are a tad small and the upper right really competes with them for attention.