Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug - Ah, I see. The puzzle adds to the image. I don't remember the particular photo you're talking about but since I remember what a Trimotor looked like I can easily envision it. This photo got enough comment that I think I'll play with different croppings a bit more and see what comes of it. Thanks again. >"Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Doug - That actually is a concern I have about the cropped photo. I >> don't know if it will stand on its own or not. > >>>Of the reflected light photos I like >>>he tighter crop. In the uncropped photo the bright area at the >>>right is a major distraction but I wonder how long it would have >>>taken me to "get" the cropped photo if I hadn't seen the uncropped >>>one first? >> > >Dick, what I like is that it's an abstract image of very ordinary >things. Everything I need to see in order to understand it is in >the picture but it would probably take me a long time to figure it >out. In this way it reminds me of a B&W photo I saw a long time >ago, photographer unknown, of a Ford Trimotor airplane parked in >front of a corrugated metal building. If you recall what the >Trimotor looked like, it was also made of what looked like >corrugated metal. At first glance the photo was a wild jumble of >lines running practially every direction but once you understood >that it was the Trimotor the whole thing made sense. > > >Doug Herr >Birdman of Sacramento >http://www.wildlightphoto.com >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick Boston MA