Thanks, Ann. Perhaps the story I wanted to tell was not the best one photographically, but seeing him perched there motionless for about half an hour made an impression on me I wanted to convey. I guess it doesn't work, however. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 7:02 PM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > The thing is...when you see someone perched on that high and somewhat > dangerous perch , with or without camera in hand, > there is a certain evisceral reaction, I imagine ( Had I been there, I would > have fretted, probably felt a bit of vertigo) but > visually the elements just are not as interesting ... the color, the light, > etc. the guy's beautifully lit back and the blurry waves > tell a big story and everything is nicely balanced in the frame. > > ann > > > On 2/4/2016 5:27 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 3:08 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >>> >>> I'd actually crop out the lower left cutting off about half the space >>> between him and the left and between him in the bottom. This would put >>> the >>> front of his body rather than the back of it on the "one third" line. >> >> Thanks, Larry. I see what you mean and why, but doing that takes away >> the steepness of the rock on which he is balanced. It then becomes >> close to this: >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18183533&size=lg >> >> which I think has better color and light, but lacks the drama by >> hiding much of the rock on which he is perched. The subject has not >> moved at all in the two version; the only differences are my >> viewpoint and what is left our of the frame. >> >> Jack and Rick, thanks for looking and thanks for your comments as well. >> >> 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.
