>>3400321Appreciate the feedback!
> level your cameraI had to shoot off-angle; otherwise I would be in the shot myself--as a shadow in Cairo or a reflection in Closed.
Also, the main goal for both of those shots was as components of the series--"Cairo" as a thread opener (giving the name of the subject and also showing it choked with vines and cracks from neglect, highlighting the themes), and "Sorry we're closed" to again reinforce the theme of Cairo as a ghost town (especially with the abandoned motel it's attached to reflected in the glass, although in hindsight I should've given that some more DoF to make that more clear).
> Needlessly top heavy, both too wide, and again extremely lazyThose two were intended as a diptych, with the compositions mirroring each other; the bridge symbolizing Cairo's past as a transportation hub (plus a good hook to talk about how the bridges totally fucked over the place's ferry-based economy) and the Bunge North America shot showing what little industry Cairo still has (aside from Liquor/Lottery stores). I deliberately framed them both bottom heavy like that for a few reasons: (1) Both of the subjects are long and flat (2) the ground in front of one was full of annoyingly distracting elements and in front of the other was really boring, and (3) to get the nice sunset, which has some symbolism to it with the sun metaphorically setting over the town. Additionally, the diptych served my secondary thread goal, in that one shot was taken with the Canon and the other with the Sony.
> Took me whole day to figure there are some birds there.Man, I'm glad you noticed them eventually. The five minutes I stood there focused on the wall yelling at the birds to fucking fly out of the fucking hole were not in vain.
(Okay, like 45 sec, but it felt longer)
