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What do you think of this image?
"Bruce" wrote in message
... On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:08:17 -0800 (PST), RichA wrote: I saw it on Dpreview, one of their challenges. Whenever I see an image, particularly a manipulated one, I asked myself, "Would I hang it on a wall where I'd be looking at it every day?" http://c.img-dpreview.com/0152635-01.jpg For me , the most distracting thing about it is the uncorrected diverging verticals. Some correction of that (perhaps not total) would have been welcome. And that's where we disagree. I find the diverging verticals contribute a lot to the general surreal feeling of the photo. The more I look at it, the more I like it. -- Tom Royer If you're not free to fail, you're not free. -- Gene Burns But overall, I agree. Too much effort has gone into manipulation of an image that was perhaps not such a good choice of starting point. But who do we blame for that? Those who develop image editing software who sell it on the basis that it can turn mediocre images into masterpieces? |
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What do you think of this image?
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 08:15:40 -0500, "tcroyer" wrote:
: "Bruce" wrote in message : ... : On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:08:17 -0800 (PST), RichA : wrote: : I saw it on Dpreview, one of their challenges. Whenever I see an : image, particularly a manipulated one, I asked myself, "Would I hang : it on a wall where I'd be looking at it every day?" : : http://c.img-dpreview.com/0152635-01.jpg : : : For me , the most distracting thing about it is the uncorrected : diverging verticals. Some correction of that (perhaps not total) : would have been welcome. : : And that's where we disagree. I find the diverging verticals contribute a : lot to the general surreal feeling of the photo. The more I look at it, the : more I like it. In a wide-angle shot like that, the verticals are going to diverge. If you "correct" them, something else has to give. (For example, the upper stairway might start to curve.) I might quibble over which line was positioned as the true vertical. (Usually you want it to be the one to which your eve is most immediately drawn.) But I think it would be a mistake to attempt any perspective correction of this image. Bob |
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What do you think of this image?
Robert Coe wrote:
On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 08:15:40 -0500, "tcroyer" wrote: : "Bruce" wrote in message : ... : On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:08:17 -0800 (PST), RichA : wrote: : I saw it on Dpreview, one of their challenges. Whenever I see an : image, particularly a manipulated one, I asked myself, "Would I hang : it on a wall where I'd be looking at it every day?" : : http://c.img-dpreview.com/0152635-01.jpg : : : For me , the most distracting thing about it is the uncorrected : diverging verticals. Some correction of that (perhaps not total) : would have been welcome. : : And that's where we disagree. I find the diverging verticals contribute a : lot to the general surreal feeling of the photo. The more I look at it, the : more I like it. In a wide-angle shot like that, the verticals are going to diverge. If you "correct" them, something else has to give. (For example, the upper stairway might start to curve.) I might quibble over which line was positioned as the true vertical. (Usually you want it to be the one to which your eve is most immediately drawn.) But I think it would be a mistake to attempt any perspective correction of this image. It could be corrected but the perspective adds to the feeling in a powerful way. We are used to looking up in photos & seeing it taper toward the top, this angle is very disturbing. -- Paul Furman www.edgehill.net www.baynatives.com all google groups messages filtered due to spam |
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