Yes, I see what you mean. My intention was to have both the sign and the stonework on the building stand out, but obviously that didn't work. Surrounding junk made the framing difficult. I'll have to go back there and try again sometime.
Thanks to everyone for their comments. I'm not sulking anymore! Rick --- Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 30/3/07, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Posted a few days ago with no feedback at all. > Since > >I sulk when I don't get attention, I'm posting it > >again: > > > >http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5782865 > > > >Taken on a nocturnal stroll in Manhattan's upper > west > >side a few weeks ago. > > > >Choose one: > > > >A. So boring that I fell asleep before I could > comment > >on it > >B. So burdened with gross defects that tactful > comment > >was impossible > >C. So ordinary that I just moved on to the next > PESO > >D. So ravishing that I was paralyzed and couldn't > >comment on it > >E. All of the above > > > >Rick > > Didn't see it the first time around. > > Minimal impact on me mate. I think if you're doing a > sign like that, > could be one of several ways. Straight on in my book > has to be dead > straight on with verticals vertical and horizontals > horizontal. Further > away, longer lens, fill the frame, 90 deg to subject > if poss, correct > angles if not. Or, maybe a wide angle almost > directly underneath and to > one side, nice wacky angle. Or maybe with the sign > in relation to the > building or a person. Framing is everything in a > shot like this. > > Look at the first pic up in this gallery: > > <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6510837.stm> > > In itself, the Queen sanding alone with the > onlookers above is a nice > shot. You can bet your sweet bippy that either side > of her there are > throngs of body guards, hosts, more onlookers etc > etc. Selective framing > has given the shot an edge that it would not have > had otherwise. > > This technique is easily applied to the neon sign. > The framing you > present is neither here nor there to me. Too much > empty space top and > bottom, not 'straight' enough, a little obscured by > building detail. > > Otherwise (what did the Romans ever do for us) nice > shot ;-) > > -- > > > 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 > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
