>>3989747>>3989764(cont.)
>>3990188This is Rembrandt Lighting and I think it came out as a perfect head portrait. Note how this is composed over diagonals, highlights at the nose, cheek, brow, and direction of gaze, frame partitioning with shadow and light on the statue but also statue and background, similar ratios, subject isolation with the background, reduced and complementary color, additional emphasis with depth of field.
>>3990190Compared to the other shot, this one isn't reduced and therefore difficult to structure. What's shown has become unclear. This is difficult to interpret mainly because of the play of light, but also because of the emphasized background. The focus is on the man's face, but from there you are more distracted than directed to the two people in the statue. But I also don't see any real way to counter this without further reduction, and I see two other interesting frames that play with the relationship of the subjects. The first is attached here, the other follows.
