Thanks for the lucid explanation. What confused me were words like "offensive" and "objectionable."
> On Aug 8, 2005, at 4:13 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > ... My only reservation about the woman's backside is that it seems > > to be a distraction for some. ... > > I find the Target Center Butt obliterates the real subject of the > photograph. Took me a moment to figure out what you were trying to > capture. > > The telephoto perspective doesn't help here at all. It flattens > everything, diminishing the use of perspective to bring our eye to > the subject of the photograph and confusing the relative importance > of all elements. The TCB consumes the central and most important > percentage of the flat composition. At first, I thought there must be > something funny about it and that the photograph was taken for > comedic value rather than for the notion of capturing a sensitive > moment between women. > > Godfrey >
