Yes, that's it. I just label all my photographic mistakes as "original thinking" and pretend they are artistic choices.
<G> Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@comcast.net> wrote: > I see, Dan. You are an original thinker while I'm limited to obvious default > thinking. ;-)) > > Jack > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com> > To: "PDML" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Monday, June 2, 2014 7:07:34 AM > Subject: Re: PESO: Street Artist > > Thanks, for looking, Jack, and for your comment. > > Actually, I would not have done what you suggest. I have taken that > image, and it can work very well, but that is not what I was after > here. I wanted to portray action in its surroundings. I tried to > focus on the subject's face, with her pleased expression, but I > especially wanted to include the congestion of the area (through the > car), the bystanders, and the sign with samples of the artist's work. > I was reaching for a Manhattan street scene rather than a portrait of > the artist at work or of the subject and here image in the work in > progress. > > You may, however, be right in suggesting that there was a better shot > that I should have attempted instead. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@comcast.net> wrote: >> Had there been time, I suspect you would have moves a ways behind the artist >> and set a DOF to get acceptable focus on both the artist's work and the >> subject. (?) >> >> Jack >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com> >> To: "PDML" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Sent: Monday, June 2, 2014 6:31:00 AM >> Subject: PESO: Street Artist >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17742419&size=md >> K-r, DA 50mm F1.8 >> Comments invited. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
