I agree. While we had almost two inches at home (New Jersey) there was only a brief and light show shower in the city. That made it easier to grab a cab, but harder to grab an image of the falling snow.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:47 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > I think it would work if the snow had been falling a lot harder, so that the > visible snow in the foreground gives your brain a reason for the background > being OOF. > > From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >> >> I agree. What I wanted was the snow more in focus than the >> background, but the background just a LITTLE oof, to give it a dreamy >> feeling and to emphasize the snow, rather than the rest of the scene. >> The background is MUCH more oof than I intended. It didn't look quite >> that bad on the viewing screen, and I didn't examine it too carefully >> as my wife was anxious to get out of the snow and rain. >> >> It is not at all what I intended, but what the hell, I'll just pretend >> it's art, and if others don't like it,then I'll tell them they don't >> understand high concept art. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 2:43 PM, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> I see where you were going with it. For my taste, something besides the >>> snow >>> should be in focus so that you've got something to see the snow against. >>> >>> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >>> >>>> Well, yes, that's why it is a FAILED experiment. >>>> >>>> I was trying to focus on the snow instead of the buildings and people. >>>> I thought it might look interesting. Turns out, it's pretty much >>>> impossible to actually do that, at least with my old geezer eyes. >>>> >>>> When I looked at it, first I said, "Ah shit," but the more I looked at >>>> it, the more I liked it, weird as it is. So, I thought I would post >>>> it here so folks could tell me how terrible it is and why I shouldn't >>>> like it. >>>> >>>> Dan > > > > -- > 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.
