[Leica] IMGs: Lovers at the edge

[imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)]

Thanks for taking the time to both look and comment at some length Kyle.

I find it interesting that I have no conscious awareness of "rule of 
thirdsing."

Personally I enjoy the blending of the couple into the environment in the 
B&W;
including their blending into each other.

Definitely wanted the couple in the environment and not framed alone with 
the sea.
The field of blue works well for my eye; doesn't seem at all like an "odd 
empty pocket" to me.

I believe these two photographs each suggest different stories to different 
viewers;
depending on the viewer's experiences;
which was where my head was at when I worked with the post (words and 
images) on 9/11
(and I'm not sure either photograph "wants to tell [a specific] story").

as far as the "tiny dots in the world" here's another variation
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/imagist/visualize/alternatives/L1006298.jpg.html>
which I see as less strong and compelling than the square.

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
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On Sep 14, 2010, at 10:30 AM, kyle cassidy on the LUG wrote:

> Your rule of thirdsing is good, though I'm wary of the square crop, at 
> least in the first one, losing the left half of the tree doesn't seem to 
> be helping. It's the better of the two, in the second image there's not 
> enough definition between your subjects and your background -- it's a 
> combination of the deep depth of field and the fact that their heads are 
> one-in-front of the other (so you've got one head growing out of the 
> other).  I see a couple of solutions to this, (apart from opening the 
> f-stop to get a shallower dof (they look more or less camouflaged right 
> now) one is to wait until their heads seperate and the decisive moment 
> happens. the other is to shout  over to them "Can you put your head up 
> against his shoulder so I can see both your faces? I'm taking a photo!" 
> (like they're doing in the first shot) I don't have a problem with either 
> of those. 
> 
> Though I think the question really is "what story does this image want to 
> tell" -- and for me it's "here we are, looking off into the rest of our 
> lives together" and I don't know that the tree or the vegetation adds to 
> the story -- you might just want to run up 40 steps and frame them alone 
> with the sea in the background. Though it might be "here we are, together, 
> but tiny little dots in the world." in which case you want as much "else" 
> in there as you can get without cluttering, so the tree's necessary. I'd 
> lose the square crop though, it creates what I see as an odd empty pocket 
> in the frame.
> 
> my two cents only -- take it for what it's worth -- hope this helps,
> 
> kyle
> 
> 
> On Sep 11, 2010, at 12:15 PM, George Lottermoser wrote:
> 
>> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=3596>
>> 
>> c&c always welcome and appreciated