The shadows made by the late-afternoon sun caught my attention. I walked around the iron ivy a few times, looking for the best angle to capture the feeling I hoped to convey with the image. Should only the ivy and the wall show? Would background beyond the wall add noise? Would the ivy and the wall alone remove context? After debating the matter for a while, I took this image and moved on.
It has become a pattern—take a picture, walk away, continue contemplating the composition, then return latter to capture the most appealing permutations. Sometimes, I‘m happy with the outcomes, while on other occasions, I wonder why a scene ever appealed to me at all.
Having looked at this photo many times over the last eight months, I’ve decided the wall should be included with a background of leaves. Given the angle of the sun required to create the desired shadows and the need for foliage, early autumn seems to be the best time to return.
We all see things differently.
For me the top left hand corner of the iron frame with flowers contained within appeals
That could work. Another idea would be to shoot at an angle using the 50mm 1.2 wide open, focusing on a single leaf with the others blurred in the background. The 24mm has a MFD of 12 inches, so that might work as well.