[Leica] IMG: Chinatown Chef

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

Fair comments, but honestly Nathan, which pano pictures I have posted in
the last 6 years do you like? Ever? ;-P

There are two kinds of flower people: one who like flower pictures and one
who don't.

Thanks for commenting to both of you though.


On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 6:58 AM, Phong <leicaphong at gmail.com> wrote:

> I see it somewhat differently than Nathan.  I really like the cage theme;
> very nice catch there.
> I like having the car there, and would prefer even a little more of it. It
> blocks the view thematically,
> as if further boxing the man in.
>
> I agree with Nathan that the panoramic format does not quite work here; too
> much of empty space.
> *Might* work better if the man was looking in that direction. Had the car
> been on the right, it probably would
> work better.  Ultimately though the cut off hat is what kills the photo for
> me.
>
> Composing the panoramic format is difficult, a lot of what I see on the web
> looks contrived.
> The panorama works better for me as an incidental format; in the same
> portfolio, one a two
> panoramas can be extremely effective.  An entire portfolio of panoramas can
> be taxing to the viewer.
>
> But you are in a special place, Richard. The panoramic format can
> complement your
> calligraphy work well, in the tradition of old Chinese scroll paintings.
> Study these well, if you haven't
> done so,  especially the landscapes.  They often break the panoramic
> composition into small groups,
> visually, but sometimes thematically also.  Think also of DaVinci's The
> Last Supper; there the 12 sitting apostles
> are grouped in 2 groups of 6, each group in turn composed of 2 smaller
> groups of 3, with Jesus standing in
> the middle, slightly but clearly isolated from the rest.  In this respect
> your other submission today works better.
> You have the musicians on the left, the dancers in the middle, the
> spectators on the right. The composition,
> while not perfect (space between musicians and dancers), works much, much
> better than the caged
> restaurant worker.
>
> Keep at it, my friend.  I enjoy your photography now much more than 10
> years ago.  That's a whole more than
> I can say about my own photography.  I hope someday I will see a matching
> pair of glorious *vertical *panos from you.
>
> - Phong
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu
> >wrote:
>
> > Please do not take it personally, Richard, but to me this is just about
> > the worst picture you have ever posted. It looks like a total grab shot,
> > the panoramic format simply does not work in this case other than to cut
> > off the top of his hat and give us a completely unbalanced composition,
> > with all that empty space on the right, and the car intruding on the left
> > adds nothing, it just looks messy. MAYBE the image could be rescued by
> > severe cropping: get rid of the car on the left and crop out most of the
> > empty space on the right plus some of the bottom.
> >
> > Sorry...
> >
> > Nathan
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman
> > Alicante, Spain
> > http://www.frozenlight.eu
> > http://www.greatpix.eu
> > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
> >
> > YNWA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mar 16, 2013, at 11:58 AM, Richard Man wrote:
> >
> > > I am REALLY liking this picture. Actually from NYC back in June. Never
> > > finished the roll in the camera until today. What do you think?
> > >
> > > http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20130316-Scanned-46.jpg
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>
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