[Leica] IMG: face to face

[abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)]

I'm more to Ted's point of view here than yours, Robert, although I
understand what you're saying. After seeing the chairs I found myself
disturbed by the skewed verticals. These get in the way of the
composition, making it feel strange and me uncomfortable. It's not my
immediate reaction, however, because I like the image a whole lot. so
many questions raised, so much to see.

It's good work. I'm wondering if working the shot more intently (I
don't know if you did or not - I can't see into your computer, my NSA
connections aren't what they used to be <grin>) would have revealed
this?

Adam

On Dec 23, 2007 8:37 PM, Robert Meier <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote:
> Ted,
>
> If he had bent his knees to get a lower viewpoint, then he would not be
> looking down on the foreground as much, and it would not loom so large in
> the frame.   That is an important part of the picture, while the slanting
> verticals are trivial and of no importance.  I think he made the right
> choice.   When you're making an architectural shot on a tripod, you worry
> about the verticals.   He was concerned with very different things that are
> far more important to the image.
>
> Robert