Tim, It doesn't work for me. The problem is that the foreground is too dark, and the people walking into the frame is hard to see. Without that element the pic is just too static.
I have a number of similar shots--the northern European light is glorious, but it leaves lots of things in shadow most of the day! Rick --- Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark's picture of the reflecting buildings reminded > me of a shot I took some > months ago. Both of Marks photos are interesting > BTW. > > The title I have given it, kind of says it all. I > can't decide on this one. > According to normal aesthetic "rules", it is a > chaotic crappy image. It has > a lot of crossing lines, the perspective is hard to > figure out, there are > some people in frame who doesn't really have > anything to do in frame, and so > on. But, I still kind of like it. But what do I like > about it? I don't know. > But I am very curious about what wisdom of the list > has to say. > > Me and Jostein had a interesting discussion on > eastern and western > perspectives on pictures. The western ideal seems to > be to one or few > subjects in frame, and isolate it/them as good as > possible. There are off > course some exceptions from this, mainly patterns > and repetitions of the > subject. The eastern ideal is slightly different. I > personally haven't seen > a lot of eastern photography, but my impression is > that they like more > chaotic (in our ease) compositions. The discussion > was mainly on the course > of this phenomenon. A very interesting discussion, > hope we can continue it > over a beer or two some day. > > So here it is, my "eastern" picture > http://flickr.com/photos/fototim/62993610/ > it needs a larger format, so for you with broadband > or patience > http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=62993610&size=o > (230k) > Data online. > > Like Boris often says, honest and brutal if need > comments are sought > after... > Hope I'll learn something from this. > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large > crowds > (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other > clever guy) > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
