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Subject: [Leica] Nobska Light
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Wed Oct 5 19:46:04 2005
References: <p06230913bf678f24e814@131.142.12.152> <4cfa589b0510041037q73a0f0e1r40650e4008175675@mail.gmail.com> <p06230925bf69a5c59941@131.142.12.152>

Thanks for your response and your alternates, Richard.

In my experience a formal image - like the lighthouse - is about
shapes and textures and light and dark and stillness. People, almost
always, bring motion and focus - our pattern recognition engines want
to SEE them and know what they're doing.

Obviously, as in nude fine-art photography, all of those things can be
a part of the composition. But nudes seldom have faces and seldom are
"in action" although I can think of exceptions to both of these.

Of course you framed your image with those folks in mind, but I like
both your suggestion and B. D.'s as well.

Thanks!

Adam
On 10/5/05, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote:
> Adam - Your comment about the people detracting from the image in
> this case rally caught my attention since I have been trying to get
> MORE people into my photos not less.  In any case, I wanted to follow
> up on your suggestion so I took them out using PS/CS.
>
> No people:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/03_9_0071_no_people_crop_web
>
> People:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/03_9_0071_web
>
> The photo looked a bit unbalanced to my eye without the people so I
> cropped it tighter.  This seems like an improvement to my eye it
> would be interesting to hear what you and others think.
>
> I took six shots in all of which this was the best.  Probably should
> have shot more but I was on my way to dinner with friends and felt
> some time pressure.  Couldn't move much more to the left either which
> I think might have improved the photo without the people since there
> is a restricted area there.
>
> In any case, many thanks for the detailed comments.
>
>
>
> >Well I like the picket fence shapes in contrast to the cylinder of the
> >lighthoue and the light/shadow of the fence in the first photo. For me
> >the people distract from the forms and I'd have worked the angles with
> >fence and lighthouse, maybe trying some from different heights as well
> >- close to the ground, using arms over the head for a higher vantage
> >point. Of course you might have done this. I know my own failure is to
> >not work an image enough, especially one that's as static as a fence
> >and lighthouse. I also think this first image has the most depth and
> >contrast, the other images have a flat feeling to them, at least to my
> >eye.
> >
> >Adam
> >
> >On 10/3/05, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>  Here are three from last weekend.  M7/Fuji Press 400 converted to B&W
> >>  in PS/CS.  Commercial 2K x 3K scans.  Nobska Light is set on a bluff
> >>  over looking Vineyard Sound on the south side of Cape Cod,
> >>  Massachusetts.
> >>
> >>  First Nobska light itself (35 f2 ASPH):
> >>
> >>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/03_9_0071_web
> >>
> >>  Vineyard Sound from the light (Current 50 Elmarit):
> >>
> >>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/03_5_0067_web
> >>
> >>  Vineyard Sound again (Current 50 Elmarit).  The high-key effect was
> >>  done in PS/CS from a normally exposed negative.
> >>
> >>  http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/03_18_0080_web
> >>
> >>  Comments encouraged on all, of course, but I'm particularly
> >>  interested in hearing whether or not the last photo works.  Many
> >>  thanks.
> >>
> >>  --
> >>  Regards,
> >>
> >>  Dick
> >>  Boston MA
> >>
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>
> Dick
> Boston MA
>
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Replies: Reply from r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor) (Composition 101 [was Re: [Leica] Nobska Light])
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