Thanks Cotty. I appreciate the feedback. The original crop was closer to what you describe, and it was a horizontal. It also reveals the lawn chair to be far from pristine. We had all we could do to keep it from collapsing. You can see it here: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5670710&size=lg On Mar 3, 2007, at 3:52 AM, Cotty wrote:
> On 2/3/07, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I'm somewhat surprised that there was no response to my post of a >> picture of a woman in what coucl be called an aniti-social >> environment. >> It's not unlike an Arbus pic, although not as well executed perhaps. >> Is the total silence due to the content or the execution? Or perhaps >> it >> never made it to the list. No big deal, just curious. >> Paul >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5667450&size=md > > I ddn't see it before, but having seen it now, I agree with marnie, it > looks a bit too 'arranged', and I think the framing highlights that. If > someone were (say) to shoot a staged pic for a newspaper or magazine on > young drinkers, this is what I would expect to see, ex\specially as > it's > vertical format. > > As a standalone image I'm not keen. I don't like the legs chopped off. > Social shots like this that are 'tight' do nothing for me. I oike them > a > lot looser, let's see what's around and about, probably a horizontal > format showing the drinker in her entirety. > > Just my preference, and you did ask ;-) > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
