On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 03:06:22PM -0400, frank theriault wrote: > On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 4:27 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > Normally, I look for contrasting backgrounds, but when I noticed how > > well matched the fire hydrant and the flowers were, I had to take some > > shots. > > > > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3424/3391131145_6515b217c7_b.jpg > > > > from > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157615925062979/ > > I like these. My favorite is: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3391946398/in/set-72157615925062979/ > > Just a real nice composition - love the colours, too.
Thanks to all for all for the nice comments. My coworkers were rather puzzled to see me taking pictures of the fire hydrant in the parking lot. As I've mentioned, one of my steps in my workflow is to have my girlfriend do a pass to narrow down the shots I work with. This is one of the ones that didn't make her cut, but it was one of my favorites. In addition to personal taste, there seems to be a difference in the shots photographers like, and those that non-photographers like. I suppose that there's a continuum, like there is with jazz where one end of the spectrum is derisively called "white wine" jazz, because it's what people start out on, like they start drinking white wine before "graduating" to reds, and the more esoteric jazz that sounds "like two radios tuned to different stations". I've seen a fair amount of this dichotomy in taste lately, with the wedding shot thread, the HDR photographer whose shots look like something out of a comic book, and whose website was pointed out to me twice within a week both as a "check out this cool stuff" and "look at this horrible dreck". Perhaps one day, I'll spend effort in trying to categorize what appeals to the different groups. It's also an interesting challenge to come up with terms for the different tastes that don't sound snobbish. -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
