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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 41411" data-attributes="member: 1061">Ah yes, <a href="http://www.engrish.com/" target="_blank">Engrish</a>.&nbsp; Gotta love it!&nbsp; A friend of mine recently visited Japan and sent home many photos of these off-kilter translations, which are always good for a chuckle.&nbsp; Thank you for editing and posting your EXIF data...now on to the critique:After reading your description of how this photo came to be, I get it.&nbsp; I can place myself at the scene of the crime and see those events unfolding.&nbsp; The composition here is an accurate depiction of those events.&nbsp; However, for me at least, this is one for the recycle bin.&nbsp; It's one of those shots that almost was...but not quite.&nbsp; Good idea, poor execution.&nbsp; Not the fault of the photographer, it's just that a better angle (and probably closer) would've done this scene better justice.&nbsp; If the focus is the sign, it should be more prominently featured.&nbsp; I don't know if cropping off 80% of the photo would add attention to the sign or not, or if the photo would lose too much detail, but that is what my gut is telling me here.&nbsp; On technical merits, you exposed for the foreground, which is good in this case.&nbsp; But, I tend to agree with Bill.&nbsp; Exposing for the foreground has left the sky a bit washed out, which could easily be fixed in post processing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 41411, member: 1061"] Ah yes, [URL="http://www.engrish.com/"]Engrish[/URL]. Gotta love it! A friend of mine recently visited Japan and sent home many photos of these off-kilter translations, which are always good for a chuckle. Thank you for editing and posting your EXIF data...now on to the critique: After reading your description of how this photo came to be, I get it. I can place myself at the scene of the crime and see those events unfolding. The composition here is an accurate depiction of those events. However, for me at least, this is one for the recycle bin. It's one of those shots that almost was...but not quite. Good idea, poor execution. Not the fault of the photographer, it's just that a better angle (and probably closer) would've done this scene better justice. If the focus is the sign, it should be more prominently featured. I don't know if cropping off 80% of the photo would add attention to the sign or not, or if the photo would lose too much detail, but that is what my gut is telling me here. On technical merits, you exposed for the foreground, which is good in this case. But, I tend to agree with Bill. Exposing for the foreground has left the sky a bit washed out, which could easily be fixed in post processing. [/QUOTE]

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