Hi Bruce,
Thanks for your comments. I agree with the crop suggestion. I liked the
complication by having the top windows included but I definitely agree that
I find the simpler image more pleasing and wish I would have considered a
crop before sending it. As I look again after your comments, I would
probably crop out the left most porthole and a quarter inch on the right.
Yeah, this photograph stinks as taken.
It's possible I was a little cockeyed when I took the picture, but the lines
of the boat ran as seen with a low stern and a high bow, and it was bobbing
on the water as well, with the bow facing the incoming tide. The bottom is
actually a very dark blue.
In the end I don't know why I chose this image, had second thoughts
immediately upon sending it, and had totally forgotten the one I had
originally intended to use.
Thanks,
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 1:33 AM
Subject: PUG Comments for May
> "At the Quay" by Thomas Cakalic - My very first impression when I looked
at
> this image and read the comments was one of pleasant surprise at the
> reasonable image quality considering all the mediocre feedback about these
> super-zooms. Much better than I would have thought. That said, let's
look
> more at the image. I like the three different bands of color - brown,
white
> and black. I am somewhat torn as to whether I like the windows showing or
> not. On one hand, they help give some sense of what I am viewing, but on
> the other hand, if the image is about color, shape and pattern, then I
find
> it somewhat distracting. I have tried cropping them out and it gives me a
> better feeling as a more abstract image. It also feels tilted to the left
> just a little too far. Just enough for me to notice. I don't think it
> should be perfectly straight up and down, though. Ok, after playing a bit
> more, cropping the windows out, rotating to the right about 2 degrees, I
am
> now seeing what Tom comments that caught his eye. Certainly one could
argue
> that the windows add another shape, but I think it makes the image a
little
> to top heavy.
>
>
> Tom, my guess is that I would have captured a very similar image to yours
> had it caught my eye. I'm not sure I would have even seen it, though.
Good
> eye and observation!
>
> Bruce Dayton
> Sacramento, CA
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