For me, the main story here is the road – a quiet stony village on a road to somewhere. So, as Jon suggested, I cropped the picture to bring the road more into the center of the picture, and removed the tea shoppe sign. I would like to have kept more of the curve at the bottom right, but I can’t do that and remove the sign.

It comes down to the story, as Jon suggests. There are two or three possible stories here. One is the village, which is the story we would get with Jim’s suggestion – which I think would work well. The second story is the suggestion of a good place to rest on a road trip or just a visit to the village, but the partial tea shoppe sign doesn’t carry the narrative very well. And the third story is the road.

  1. Jim
    Jan 21, 2018

    Much better without the sign! Care to play with Black and White???