Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I really wasn't sure about the photo after Uncle Ted ripped it, but it appears to have its intended effect - being an enigmatic image. The photo is totally different from my eye's mind image: I wanted to capture the subtle mothering gesture - which I have on other photos in the set, but this one just looks... well, I thought it "makes you look." Thanks! At 12:16 PM 7/8/2006, Scott McLoughlin wrote: >IMHO, the deciphering is part of the fun. The green draws >the eye to the doll/dummy. The perspective isn't clear due >to the narrow DOF. First, is looks like some odd dominatrix >thing, with foreground model imperiously looking down at a >(kneeling? prone?) submissive green-wigged woman. Then >you see it's a dummy, and then you note the baby/cradling >relationship. > >That's my 2 cents on a viewer phenomenology anyway. It's >creepy on a few different levels - I like it :-) > >Scott > >Richard wrote: > >>Thanks! You may be right. I am "too close" to the image, so I know >>exactly what it is. Cropping the elbow out may give the viewers an easier >>time to decipher it. >> >>p,s, she's one of our friends >> >>At 07:07 AM 7/8/2006, Philippe Orlent wrote: >> >>>I like it alot! >>>Now, and just to be nitpicking, what if you'd crop a bit of the elbow >>>away? >>>I thought of this because the initial reaction I had was "What an >>>enigmatic image". Then, 'deciphering' it, I saw what the situation was. >>>The key to this was in the first place the elbow part. Which made me >>>miss the interaction between doll and your daughter's (?) face. >>>If you'd leave the elbow out, you'd go for your daughter's face right >>>away, and you'd still be able to deciphre it. >>>Just an idea (that is not 100% necessary since it's a good shot already) >>>Thanks for showing, >>>Philippe >>> >>> >>>Op 8-jul-06, om 06:32 heeft Richard het volgende geschreven: >>> >>>>http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/_EPS1113.jpg >> >>// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please >>use richard at imagecraft.com) >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >-- >Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps >Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 >(Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard at imagecraft.com)