Critique Welcomed Backlit Bucket

[Rense Haveman]

Visited Rome, Italy, last week. Work, not pleasure. But I managed to shoot many street shots.
How about this one?


Backlit Bucket by Rense Haveman, on Flickr

 

[Hamish Gill]

It looks staged and suspicious! I like it!

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Very good, love the lighting in this.
Who's that fella with the crossed arms? Quite a suspicious character.
Almost has the presense of it behind the man in behind the camera, like Hamish said, staged. Camera on a tripod & timer/remote maybe? That's the feel I'm getting.
Why would there be a guy in the middle if the square looking down with folded arms and a big watch?
Police? Who's he on the phone to?

Love pictures that leave you asking questions.
This is brilliant!!!

 

[Pete Askew]

Love it Rense. All those wonderful shadows and, as Hamish says, the posed look. And then there's the bucket. Transformed.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

I'm partial to a picture that makes you keep looking at it...wondering what is going on. This one nails that and is a great overall shot. Nice work!

 

[Rense Haveman]

Thank you guys!

I was sitting at the fountain in the background right, when I saw the woman walking. I ran, and was just in time to
capture her between the police officers and the man with the watch. He had been talking to the policemen, but as soon as
the police officer started making his phone call, they separated, and he behaved as if he was waiting until the phone call was over...