Black and White

[petewong]

The dominant colors of the subject are black and white. The simplicity of the colors appealed to me. Would having more spaces on the left improve composition? Would it be better if part of the girl's face can be seen? Is there any other way to create a stronger impact? Your comments are most welcome.

Camera: Nikon Coolpix S8000
Focal Length: 24mm (35mm equivalent is 135mm)
Aperture: f/4.6
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO: 800

[sabrina860]

I like the composition and you don't need any more extra space on the left. I think not seeing the girls face adds a mystery to the pic, but I wish your shot was in focus. It's probably because your shutter was a little slow, or camera shake. Did you use a tripod? How was the lighting? was this outside or inside?

[MrJones]

ok. you can't do anything about it now but still...
1. I'm guessing you were asking about more space on the right, not the left - and yes, since the chairs are directed to the right, I would have placed them on the left side of the photo.
2. you are taking a photo from above, it would have stronger impact of both of them we're looking at you.
3. they seem blurry, that was caused because of your low shutter speed.
4. the floor is not appealing but I guess you can't really do anything about it

[edbayani]

looks nice except it is not in focus. you can sharpen it a little bit by duplicating the layer and apply high pass filter with radius set to 2. set the blending mode to overlay. this will improve the sharpness of the edges a bit. i'd also remove the distracting black areas of the floor and the lines.