Turkey is full of street markets and the merchants are the consummate bargainers. Your image, with a merchant and likely a tourist, captures the theme of the local street merchants with everything to sell. The image is well composed and sharp with details. It tells the story of turkey being a place of merchants. I just hope the customer bargained and got a good deal as well.   Posted: 07/01/2024 14:12:53

Nice sharp, colourful photo captured in good light, portraying the culture of Turkey. I would have preferred some more space to the right side of the consumer   Posted: 07/05/2024 07:03:01

I have been to Turkey and this is a good representation and they surely are experts at bargaining. I agree with Vinaya that the focus would be on the interaction of the people and giving more space on the right and cropping on the left would have improved the focus. The merchants eyes were closed and this could have been addressed in PP   Posted: 07/06/2024 18:39:21

Mandy, indeed an iconic image as stated before. I think you have to much additional information which is not helping the main subject to stand out, so I did crop the image from my left and a little from the bottom. I tried to make the the verticals fully straight but it takes away more spsce of the client at the edge. Obviously you were more interested in all the goods for sale, rather the individuals. Now they stand out slightly more.   Posted: 07/07/2024 12:33:07

Mandy, I agree with the above comments. The interesting thing about your image is that although it is cluttered, it does have a focal point that draws the eye. It's the vendor with the red shirt next to the red table and the customer in front of them. That should have been the main subject of the image. The display behind the vendor would be the backdrop for the scene. If you crop it severely as shown you can even see that the vendor is laughing and the other one seems to be smiling as he looks at his phone - perhaps he just asked the vendor for directions? This crop brings out a story. It would have been even better if there was more space on the right.   Posted: 07/07/2024 14:47:01

Thank you all for your suggestion, cropping the left side lead viewer to the conversation between the merchant and the potential customer. The image was taken outside a wall. Your idea of cropping out the left lead me to think this new crop may tell a better story about the location. What do you think?   Posted: 07/07/2024 22:08:32

  Posted: 07/07/2024 22:08:40

Mandy I like your new image but have changed the crop.

Alan what is IMV>   Posted: 07/08/2024 10:44:40