I'm torn about which is preferable, Vijay. They are both fine images, with the focus & context respectively as you say. For me, the focus in the vertical gives it an edge in that respect, while the second is a fractionally more harmonious composition - but as in music, sometimes dissonance works, like that highly visible figure, almost out of the frame. I like the way the overhead cable points to him.
Often for me in music, subtle dissonance within generally pleasing harmony is the most powerful. Can't say I feel as if I can achieve that in my photography. Hard enough to get harmony, and all too easy to get plenty of ugly dissonance!
If you were compiling an exhibition or a book, you could use either depending on which complemented other images in the selection.
I'm torn about which is preferable, Vijay. They are both fine images, with the focus & context respectively as you say. For me, the focus in the vertical gives it an edge in that respect, while the second is a fractionally more harmonious composition - but as in music, sometimes dissonance works, like that highly visible figure, almost out of the frame. I like the way the overhead cable points to him.
Often for me in music, subtle dissonance within generally pleasing harmony is the most powerful. Can't say I feel as if I can achieve that in my photography. Hard enough to get harmony, and all too easy to get plenty of ugly dissonance!
If you were compiling an exhibition or a book, you could use either depending on which complemented other images in the selection.
Thanks, Chris.