Well I have guys in Poland when it comes to repairing analog equipment. I took two rolls with this camera and everything is ok, it's just my bad composition and distance from the object :)
"... my bad composition ... " I think your composition is mostly great! The one suggestion I'd make concerns centering the subject in the frame. It involves how the eye/brain processes specific imagery. When the subject is centered, the brain is receiving the image sent from the fovea, the at the center of retina, and it's 'happiest'. As the subject moves away from the center, and the further it moves, the brain takes greater interest in the image because it may represent a danger - that is not in best focus [the fovea again]. So moving the subject off-center has the effect of raising the brains survival-awareness, and in the case of photography, tweaks the viewer's nose a bit and elevates their attraction to the image. -Phil
I would like to point out that is a rangefinder, so never what you see in a viewfinder is exactly the same what 'a camera sees and captures'. With an analog gear for me is so hard to take an aligned picture without a level, especially when the subject is too close and barely fits in the frame.
The second half of this is where the 'face' is looking. A building, a flower, or a person, etc. may be said to be 'facing' a certain direction, often the primary light source. Thus, if the subject if off-center to the right, traditionally it would face across the center to the left side. However, both centering and facing are arbitrary and the exact opposites may be used to good affect, but with greater care in composition as they may actually detract from the attractiveness if the image. And even that can be done with care so as to jar the sensibilities of the viewer. I cut my 'teeth' on all this with a very good book called "The Hidden Persuaders" by Vance Packard in 1957. -Phil
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