Thanks, Igor. Your comments are considerately offered and allow for unsettled impressions. The (perhaps 2.2 degree) slope of the ground across the frame and a few left center trees, convince me of a lean. The large, curved, apposed tree trunk on the right would like a different impression, but it is unconvincing.
Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor PDML-StR" <pdml...@komkon.org> To: "PDML" <PDML@pdml.net> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 12:37:45 PM Subject: Re: Peso: Washington Square Park, 1967 Ann, I very much enjoyed this image. In my memory of the modern W.S.Park (circa 2000-2001), it didn't have as many trees, but I realize it might be deceiving. I also enjoyed a few other images that you have in that stream, - from both NYC and Chicago. Jack, as for the tilt that you mentioned, - I understand why you made the conclusion that it was an illusion: the elements (railing) in front and those a bit behind make the lines that are "tilted" in opposite directions. It took me a couple of minutes of careful thinking to determine the tilt unambiguously. The real tilt is even somewhat larger than what the front elements might suggest. (So that in the untilted photo, the front railing would have its left end slightly "above" the right end. The culprit is the second row of the railings that compensates the effect of the tilt. The way you can really judge the tilt is by looking at the trees far in the back in the middle of the photo. A somewhat conservative estimate gives me about 2.2 degrees CCW tilt from the horizon. Best regards, Igor Jack Davis Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:02:52 -0700 wrote: Very nice light and composition, ann! I'm ignoring the "illusion" of a right to left tilt. Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Sanfedele" <ann...@nyc.rr.com> To: "PDML" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 9:51:16 AM Subject: Peso: Washington Square Park, 1967 Digging through some old files for a project - This was scanned from a 5x7 print made back then by Modernage. I didn't start doing my own printing or developing until years later (was afraid I'd mess up) I did carefully record a lot of data then, though - and on the back of this photo I wrote taken with a Futura S rangefinder camera.(!) http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-City-back-in-the-day/i-5xZLK9C/L Christine A. knows what I'm working on :-) ann -- 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.
