I love a lot of things about Philadelphia, but Rittenhouse Square has always been one of my favorites. This juggler was performing in the park, and I managed to capture this shot. The girl watching was beyond excited. I tried my best to try and capture it from her perspective, while not infringing on the scene itself. I shot this with my Sony A7iii and a Sigma 35mm f/1.4 with an MC-11 converter. I had just picked the lens up right before this at a used camera shop, and was obviously very eager to try it out. Basic edits in Lightroom and Exposure X5, I brought the saturation of the trees down and enhanced some of the colors that I felt were most integral to really make the scene pop. This was filmed using available light only.
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The selective color doesn't bother me in this image, but the framing feels a bit cramped at the top. I'd like to see a bit more space above the atop the juggler's head.
Thanks for the feedback Brad. I played around a ton with the crop. I really wanted to give the perspective of the girl as much as I could, but I struggled with getting my lines straight in a way that didn't crop her too much out of the shot. Every time I did, it would move the juggler so far off of the right third that the lines in the image wound up leading to nowhere. My original shot had a lot more headroom, I agree with you and would have liked to have included more space above him in my final image. Something to work on moving forward, I appreciate it!