I don’t mind the background at all. I also like the guy’s pose. The only thing that bugs me is that the drummer’s face is partly obscured.
Cheers, Dave > On Aug 24, 2015, at 12:28 pm, Knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I've resigned myself to the fact that the background is part of the story. > It's still ugly. LOL. > > Appreciate your thoughts, Mark! > > Cheers, > > frank > > On 23 August, 2015 3:16:10 PM EDT, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: >> That is an excellent pose! The background doesn't bother me - puts him >> in context. >> >> On 8/23/2015 2:20 PM, frank theriault wrote: >>> I'm not sure how much I like this one. It's sooooo close. >>> >>> This guy (and the drummer) ~were~ quite good. First attracted my ear >>> with strains of Dizzy Gillespie's ~A Night in Tunisia~, and he >>> continued to play lots of Miles and mid-fifties late bebop stuff. >>> >>> BUT, the light was horribly harsh, and he kept moving from the light >>> into the shadows. That moving also made it hard to get him and the >>> drummer in the same frame without (to say the least) very distracting >>> backgrounds. >>> >>> Unfortunately this photo has one of those horrid backgrounds, and >> he's >>> in front of the drummer, but this was by far the best pose he "gave >>> me" all 15 or 20 minutes I listened: >>> >>> http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2015/08/come-blow-your-horn.html >>> >>> I waited to catch it again, constantly moving about to keep things >>> nicely framed, but that pose never happened again. So this is it. >> Hope >>> you enjoy. Comments welcome. >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> frank >>> >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > -- > 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.
