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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Framed
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu Dec 20 15:09:21 2007
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On Dec 20, 2007, at 3:44 PM, Philippe Orlent wrote:

> Hi Geoff,
>
> This is how I see it:
>
> The red patch jumps into the eye right away, thus leads to the couple.
> I desaturated the photo (in some parts 100%) to help the couple to  
> be seen almost immediately. Color envelopes them to make a smooth  
> transition between color and pure B&W zones.
> And I kept the green exit sign in frame because I like images where  
> due to a tiny element the viewer gets stimulated to do something  
> with it himself, thus adding content to it. I would have liked it to  
> be a bit lower in the shot, though.
> I also like the metrical composition of the image through the  
> squares, which helps to lead the eye again to the more circular  
> forms of the couple.
> That's why I chose 'framed' as a title.
>
> So I think it works.


yes...who knows why...

imho, works more at an intellectual plane...


not really at an emotional level...


I wondered if the tops and the bottoms of these people even belonged  
to the same people...

ie were they even on the same floor/level of the Orsay ?


Steve


>
> I don't think it would work as well in B&W. Haven't tried it  
> actually, because I'm pretty much conviced of it.
>
> And to be honest: I didn't see half of what I see in it now when I  
> shot it at the Mus?e d'Orsay.
> I consider it to be a very lucky shot.
>
> But I really may be completely wrong, ofcourse.
> In which case I look forward to more debate and learn about  
> photography.
> That's what we're here for, no?
> That, and the amical atmosphere.
>
> Thanks for looking,
> Philippe
>
> Op 20-dec-07, om 22:56 heeft G Hopkinson het volgende geschreven:
>
>> Philippe, I think it works almost entirely due to the relationship  
>> that we can infer or imagine between the people. The man's face -
>> the woman's legs. Yet the actual image information is a bare  
>> minimum to do that. The elements of the green exit sign above and the
>> partial red sign below the woman's head puzzle me. Are they  
>> providing small colour accents? What was your thought there?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Framed
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/phorlent/F1000015_001.JPG.html>
>>
>> I think it works. What is your opinion?
>>
>> Thanks for looking,
>> Philippe
>>
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