Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just KNEW that you like lighthouses... no matter what you've said in the past! ;-) B. D. Colen wrote: > It is interesting indeed. I was seeing the zigzag path of fence, which I > wanted freed and complete, but I don't think I was consciously seeing the > path you see. However, now that you articulate it, I wonder if that's what > I > was subconsciously going for. Interesting. And thanks for taking the time > with this. > > B. D. > > > On 10/6/05 12:16 PM, "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > > >>Not to beat this photo into the ground, but Adam's comment about the >>Nobska Light photo being a "formal" image triggered something in the >>back of my mind. Also, after B.D.'s comment earlier yesterday, I was >>mystified as to why he choose one particular crop and I chose another. >> >>Here are the two: >> >>B.D.'s crop (at least I think this is what you meant, B.D.): >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/03_9_0071_bd_crop >> >>My crop (Actually I cropped this is even tighter than the the image I >>first posted in order to emphasize my point): >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/03_9_0071_rst_crop >> >>After staring at the two of them side-by-side for a while I realized >>that in B.D.'s crop, my eyes tended to follow a zigzag path along >>fence to the lighthouse. In mine, my eye motion was almost all >>vertical, up along the fence posts to the tall structure. In B.D.'s >>there was, figuratively speaking, a path open for the viewer to >>approach the lighthouse around the fence post to the right, in mine >>there was none. The fence became a barrier. B.D.'s says, "Come in," >>mine says, "Don't." There is more motion in B.D's, more stillness in >>mine. >> >>Not sure just why I chose the tighter crop. It was not made with >>much thought beforehand. It just seemed more appropriate to the >>photo in question, and possibly, to the site as well. (There were >>lots of fences and a many No Admittance signs around.) >> >>It's been an interesting discussion. Thanks. >> >> >> >>>Thanks for your response and your alternates, Richard. >>> >>>In my experience a formal image - like the lighthouse - is about >>>shapes and textures and light and dark and stillness. People, almost >>>always, bring motion and focus - our pattern recognition engines want >>>to SEE them and know what they're doing. >>> >>>Obviously, as in nude fine-art photography, all of those things can be >>>a part of the composition. But nudes seldom have faces and seldom are >>>"in action" although I can think of exceptions to both of these. >>> >>>Of course you framed your image with those folks in mind, but I like >>>both your suggestion and B. D.'s as well. >>> >>>Thanks! >>> >>>Adam >> >> >>(snip) http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >