Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Op 5-mrt-07, om 21:44 heeft David Keenan het volgende geschreven: >> Nice and relaxed pose, but why did you keep the frame 'unstraight'? > > Philippe -- > > I considered "straightening" things at the time I made the original > image. > But I decided that I didn't want it to be "perfect". I often make > just the > kind of image corrections that you suggested and, sometimes, I > think that it > results in, for the lack of a better word, a sterile image. Maybe > the word > "static" could be substituted for "sterile". > > So, I decided to not correct the tilt of the frame (it is crooked > on the > wall) and to crop part off part of Jean's arm -- to leave the image > imperfect and to, perhaps, inject some tension or energy into it. > > Do you think it works? Not really. I think it might have if you would have taken it from a lower angle, though. > > Dave. > -- > Web Site: www.david-keenan.com > 2007 PAW: www.david-keenan.com/paw > 2006 EuroBlog: www.david-keenan.com/euroblog > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >