Exercise 14b: Two images on the same page - beach

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To The Cobb

I’ve had this picture for a couple of years now and have wanted to do something with it but wondered what.  I like the way the two women mirror the handles of the wheel chair in the way that they are looking.  I remembered that I had a picture of a noticeboard pointing visitors to the Cobb and wondered if I could marry them up to in a reasonable picture.  Here are the original images:

I tried several ways to combine both pictures in their original sizes but found it wouldn’t work.  First I put the welcome sign to one side:

  Then the other:

  I realised that the welcome sign needed to be part of the women’s picture rather than extra to it so incorporated it into the picture.  I tried it in several positions, first on the left:

Then on the right:

  This one works!  I know it breaks all the rules that judges in competitions spout at you in that you should not have people looking to the right and out of the picture, but this one, in my opinion, works well.  The women looking to the right, the wheel-chair handles and the arrow on the sign all link together to form a cohesive image.