Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information