Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Jeff. Great analysis. The OOF thing made it a bit more dynamic IMO. Philippe Op 31-jul-07, om 03:11 heeft Jeff Moore het volgende geschreven: > 2007-07-30-17:52:27 Philippe Orlent: >> Then I'll put it up again for comparison. >> I'm very interested to discover which one appeals more. >> But I'll take it off in a few days again. I personally really don't >> like it. > > I have to say I'm most immediately drawn to > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/phorlent/_POR0867.JPG.html > > ...the semicircle formed by the boy's back and neck opposes and fit > into > the semicircle suggested by the bow; the arrow's expected path > projects > out of the latter; there's enough space to the right to mentally allow > the arrow to fly; the boy's face and hair seem to be in sharpest > focus, > which I think works. My only issue is that the whole thing seems > really > light (especially the shirt and face), but that may be entirely > appropriate for a white shirt, pale boy and white sand. > > As for > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/phorlent/_POR0869.jpg.html > > , I see a lot of interesting intersecting lines in different > planes, as > provided by sticks and human limbs, and the overall masses aren't > unpleasing; in fact there are ways in which this photo is definitely > more interesting than the one above, so I may be seeing your point... > ...but when you look closer at the larger version of the picture, > having > the background grasses in sharpest focus ends up ruining it for me: > they > keep pulling my eye where it doesn't want to be for that much of the > time. > > -Jeff M > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >