Damn-it John. You keep giving critiques like this and I'll learn something about photography! Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 3:21 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > From: John Sessoms >> >> From: "Christine Aguila" >>> >>> > I've been sitting on this one, wavering. Comments welcome. If you >>> > don't >>> > like it, feel free to say so. No prob. Cheers, Christine >>> > >>> > http://www.caguila.com/caguila/chicagofog2/content/_IGP5487_large.html >>> > >> >> The sepia rendering gives it a very nostalgic, antique feel. If you >> don't look too closely at some of the details it might be a view of the >> early 20th century instead of the 21st. >> >> I like how the clouds come down between the upper stories of the >> buildings framing the street. > > I know you're not supposed to respond to your own posts, but I wanted to add > that I find the image evocative of both Stieglitz and Steichen in their > photographs of the Flatiron Building in NYC. > > I like the way it's off center. The intersection is at a point of strong > emphasis, the verticals of the University Club building on the right side of > the street and Michigan Ave in front of it lie closely on the line of > "thirds", and there's an implied horizontal "third" where the barely visible > roofline of the the fog shrouded building on the right just tops the trees, > extending across to the ornamental frieze atop the University Club building. > > The painted lines on Monroe street, the curb on the right, the descending > diagnal repetition of the globes on the street lamps all draw your eye to > the street between the buildings. The oncoming headlamps and hint of > clearing skies in the distance are the brightest elements in the image, > capturing the viewer. The brighter sky is an arrow pointing down into the > street. > > No matter where you first enter the image, there's an element that leads you > to the the center of attention on the street down between the buildings. > > This is a DAMN GOOD photo Christine! > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1191 / Virus Database: 1435/3395 - Release Date: 01/21/11 > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
