I sense that you've taken some offense as a result of the negative
comments. You shouldn't. The effort was a good one. I just think that
this shot doesn't work. It's forcing an idea. Flames over a picture of
a girl. But the picture of the girl appears to be somewhat of a
standard portrait, and the flames are, well, flames. And the two shots
don't really meld as a composition. For me, the takeaway is just one
element over the other, resulting in a rather unpleasant composition.
Sorry, but that's what I see here. But keep experimenting. Keep
shooting. And, please, no cute baby girls. I'll do those :-).
Paul
PS: I wish I was as motivated to experiment as you seem to be. That's a
good thing. But that puts you in the line of fire. It goes with the
territory.
On Dec 18, 2005, at 10:25 PM, Glen wrote:
At 07:01 PM 12/18/2005, P. J. Alling wrote:
Bizarre, album cover art...
Glen wrote:
Hi everyone,
I appreciate any and all honest comments on one of my latest images:
http://webpages.charter.net/glenweb/ni/Burning_For_You2.jpg
Okay, out of 5 responses so far, 4 have definitely been negative, and
this one I'm not certain about. I don't know for certain if P. J.
would consider "bizarre album cover art" a good thing or not. I
suspect the answer is probably not. ;)
Maybe I should photograph someone's cute baby girl, in her cute little
holiday dress, sitting at the foot of a Christmas tree, with colorful
presents all around her, while she laughs with delight at two adorable
kittens playing with balls of red and green yarn in the foreground.
:)
take care,
Glen
