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Subject: [Leica] Lonely Tree
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:58:54 -0800
References: <A04220D0-B90F-4142-B0F3-331F79E73297@acm.org> <767BB44BEEB84352B5039162E6B19947@syneticfeba505>

OK Uncle Ted. I'll do a re-crop and see if it flies.

Herbert Kanner
kanner at acm.org
650-326-8204

Question authority and the authorities will question you.




On Jan 19, 2013, at 11:41 AM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> 
wrote:

> Herbert Kanner OFFERED:
> Subject: [Leica] Lonely Tree
> 
> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1002763-2.jpg.html<<<<<<<
> 
> Hi Herb,
> Please, nothing personal...... it's a critique... my right or wrong?
> 
> Title?  Sometimes a title isn't worth the screen it's written on. As in 
> this case of the "Lonely Tree?" It isn't a lone tree as you've composed 
> the frame and what the title implies. You are close, but "close only 
> counts in a game of Horse shoes. :-)
> 
> 1/ If you shot this in a slim tall vertical format.......... center tree 
> only with blue sky and some foreground?  It would have been a "Lonely 
> tree." Purely in the singular and lonely aspect.
> 
> But in this case what wrecks the title and completely takes away from the 
> photo simplicity of title and "single tree completely!" Are:
> 
> 1/ The street lamp post!
> 2/ The tree, trees? on the right hand side even more so eliminating the 
> "Lone Tree" aspect.
> 3/ And over on the left side of frame another tree sticking into the frame!
> 
> Adding titles quite often take away from the impact of any photo. By the 
> same token a "Major title fitting the content smack in ones face title 
> also increases the over all visual impact of the photo itself." BUT?
> 
> No offense intended. May I suggest a re-crop and see what a difference it 
> makes?   Maybe! One must always have a disclaimer attached! ;-)
> 
> cheers,
> Dr. ted
> 
> 
> 
> 
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