Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ouch! And actually most of it isn't reflection, but view through window and some sort of construction safety net/screening. :-) On 9/19/06 2:15 PM, "Dave Mason" <leica@dmason.net> wrote: > Interesting - on first glance the second one struck me more. I think > at some point I was photographing a reflection of a street in a window > and it occurred to me that I was being very cliche. Since that moment > I have tended to dismiss that kind of shot - totally my problem. > > Still, there is something calming about the second image that I like. > > > > Dave > > > "B. D. Colen" <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> writes: > >> Thanks, Adam - I, too, am more taken by the first one than the second, but >> the sky doesn't bother me as it does you. But now that you mention it, I >> wonder...My monitor is reasonably bright, but what I find pulling my eyes >> is >> the building on the right, with the early morning sun, and then I travel >> down to the couple - and the graphic (oh, those crazy Harvard kids. :-) ) >> >> Thanks for the thoughtful critique. >> >> >> On 9/19/06 1:38 PM, "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for sharing those images, B. D. >>> >>> I very very much like the first image - I'm always attracted to >>> partial reflections and this composition is quite wonderful. >>> >>> The 2nd image, however, doesn't work nearly as well for me. The sky is >>> just too bright - it dominates my attention so that the couple kissing >>> is not only secondary but hard to focus on. The tertiary graphic on >>> the far right would be wonderful, and should be, but the sky just >>> pulls - yanks - DEMANDS my attention and won't release it so I can >>> really see the rest of the image. >>> > >>> On 9/19/06, B. D. Colen <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> wrote: >>>> These are "T" related but completely unrelated to my T project - >>>> >>>> First two images under Personal Favorites on my website - >>>> >>>> http://www.bdcolenphoto.com >>>> - > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information