Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry - I think my critique came off sounding harsher than it was meant ;) Dave "B. D. Colen" <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> writes: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information