Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Photo: an abstract
From: Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 04:05:01 -0700

on 4/27/03 10:37 PM, Ted Grant at tedgrant@shaw.ca wrote:

> Adam Bridge
> Subject: [Leica] Photo: an abstract
> 
> 
>> <http://splitsecondfilms.com/Faces/APX100-RowsAndRows.jpg>
> 
>> If I crop it to remove the hand-rails in the aisles it has a certain
> quality
>> that's different but I'm not sure it's better. More Op-Art like, if you go
> back
>> that far.<<,
> 
> Adam,
> My initial re-action before I read your post on cropping was.... "gee why
> didn't he crop the rails out and create endless rows of seats?
> 

I think if it were cropped to exclude the rails it would need a point of
interest... like a bird sitting on one of the chair backs, or a cup in one
of the nearer cup holders.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


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