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Composition choice?
Need to pick one for framing. http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180140 http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180149 Opinion? Dave L |
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David L wrote: Need to pick one for framing. http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180140 http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180149 Opinion? Dave L INMO this one is the best: http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180140 The foreground is nice and sharp while the background is very pleasing. Helen |
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On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:13:53 -0700, helensilverburg wrote:
David L wrote: Need to pick one for framing. http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180140 http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180149 Opinion? Dave L INMO this one is the best: http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180140 The foreground is nice and sharp while the background is very pleasing. Helen Half of the frame is out-of-focus. This isn't pleasing to me. However the other isn't interesting to me either. I think the top one would have been good if you stopped down so that everything was in focus. Just my 2 cents... |
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David L wrote: Need to pick one for framing. http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180140 http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180149 Opinion? Buy a cheap frame. The first one is obviously the better of the two, but it has some problems as well. |
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"David L" wrote in message ps.com... Need to pick one for framing. http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180140 http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180149 Opinion? Dave L I like 1A, the one with the mountains in the background.....The closer to the fence you get, the more you just have a fence........ |
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Mike wrote:
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:13:53 -0700, helensilverburg wrote: David L wrote: Need to pick one for framing. http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180140 http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180149 Opinion? Dave L INMO this one is the best: http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180140 The foreground is nice and sharp while the background is very pleasing. Helen Half of the frame is out-of-focus. This isn't pleasing to me. If half the frame being out of focus is displeasing to you...you must REALLY hate macro shots...where often 80% of teh frame or more is OOF. However the other isn't interesting to me either. I think the top one would have been good if you stopped down so that everything was in focus. So you really like flat images? I think having a view of what the fence blocks access to (the mountaint) gives it a better feel and more a complete context. -- Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by MarkČ at: www.pbase.com/markuson |
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Composition choice?
David L wrote:
Need to pick one for framing. http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180140 http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180149 Opinion? Dave L I think having a view of what the fence blocks access to (the mountaint) gives it a better feel and more a complete context. -- Images (Plus Snaps & Grabs) by MarkČ at: www.pbase.com/markuson |
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David L wrote:
Need to pick one for framing. http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180140 http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180149 Opinion? I like the first one better. It gives a better sense of "where", if that makes sense, while still being simple and drawing most of your attention to the gate. |
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Composition choice?
David L wrote: Need to pick one for framing. http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180140 http://www.pbase.com/davidlowry/image/65180149 Opinion? The first one. The second picture, to me, is simply a picture of a fence. The fence feels too "long", possibly because the left side of the fence is almost, but not quite, at the side of the frame. The background is somewhat confusing - it's blue and low on detail, so at first it looks like sky. It's not sky, but you can't really tell that it's a mountain either. And having the "horizon" so close to the top of a long frame emphasizes the fact that the horizon isn't level. The first one, on the other hand, has context. It's a picture of a fence in a field by some mountains. The mountains aren't in focus, but they aren't the focal point of the picture either. It's clearly a picture of the fence, first and foremost, but the viewer gets more information about the location, and is more likely to think about the pictu What is the field is used for? Which mountains are those? Why put a fence here? It's more interesting. The angled "horizon" isn't a problem, because it's clear that it's not actually a horizon. In this composition, the viewer also gets to see the sky, and the clouds add to the overall somber mood: An old fence in a slightly overgrown field, against silent mountains, on a cloudy day. The second picture's colours could lead you to believe that it's sunny, but the lighting is wrong for that. (Also, the second picture looks a little oversaturated to me. But the monitor I'm using right now isn't calibrated, so that's a judgement I probably shouldn't be making.) Finally, I find the first picture to be a much less static composition. The second photo is dominated by horizontal lines - the fence and the horizon. The first photo balances this in a few ways: the portrait composition adds a vertical aspect to the picture, the mountains point up, and the shorter crop of the fence allows the diagonal slat to have a greater presence. (I'm also partial to portrait photos - my camera's vertical grip gets used heavily, and on a typical day shooting I'll take more vertical photos than horizontal.) Just my two cents (maybe a little more), - Darryl |
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Mike wrote: Half of the frame is out-of-focus. This isn't pleasing to me. Why does the BG have to be "in focus" However the other isn't interesting to me either. I think the top one would have been good if you stopped down so that everything was in focus. I like mystery. Thanks for your comments. Dave L. |
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