Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I didn't even notice a guy on the right until I went back and looked again. Obviously my eyes were riveted to the lady. I sort of like distractions too. If I can move the camera position a bit to include something at one edge or another, I generally try to do so. I included the fire hydrant in this shot even though it is a bit distracting. http://www.jeffery-nola.com/PAW_32.html Jeffery At 09:28 AM 9/20/02 -0400, you wrote: > >> >Candle light vigils were everywhere last week: > >> > > >> >http://www.streetphoto.net/paw2002/paw2wk38.html > >Jefferey Smith said: > > >> Great use of available dark. The 1-candlepower source brightened her face > >> nicely. Excellent shot. > >Then Dizel chimes in: > > > > Yes, certainly. i would say that for me this man at right is distracting - > > grabs my eye away from her face. But it's just a MHO.. :) > > -- > > St. > > > >Thanks for the comment Dizel. I seem to get this kind of comment quite a bit >-- "...is distracting." Maybe it is just me, (because I took the picture?), >but I find that the lady just jumps out at you from the picture. My eyes >keep going back to her strong presence. What is a distraction for me in the >OOF guy about ten feet behind her with his Jimmy "Come and get me ya dirty >rat" Cagney stance. > >Anyway, let me say it once again, my photography deliberately has >"distractions". Generally one of my photos will have the main element (the >lady) the secondary elements (the three men in the picture) and (the Green >Party button and the George Bush picture). This all contributes to my style >of "business" in a picture to make it more interesting. > >sl >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html