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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Tricycle Transport
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 18:30:06 -0400
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Thanks, Howard!  I need all of the help I can get!

Tina


On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote:

> Tina?
>
> I think it's a no-no only when it doesn't work, and for me your
> composition works, maybe because the horizon's not quite in the middle and
> the compelling details are strongly concentrated below it, giving the same
> kind of asymmetrical mass that the rule of thirds results in.
>
> If you just can't live with it, I think the wet sand with reflections is a
> much more interesting element than the sky, partly because it's a relative
> novelty (EVERY outdoors scene has sky and clouds!) and partly because it
> adds depth and increasing proximity as you look lower, and connects the
> viewer to the scene. If you have to crop, take it out of the sky.
>
> As for the trike and the boat, I think they're at least integral. All the
> human activity is confined to the central plane, and these two elements
> help draw the eye across the scene, as well as being more of the same tools
> that the people in the frame are using. I'd say keep 'em in, unless you
> crop out enough of the sky (or beach) that you need to narrow the
> composition horizontally to compensate.
>
> Just sayin'.
>
> This has been a great series! At least on par with Guatemala. Can't wait
> to see more.
>
> ?howard
>
>
> On May 16, 2014, at 5:57 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
>
> > PESO:
> >
> > I need cropping advice on this one.  The horizon is right in the middle,
> > which is a no-no - maybe.  Should I crop the sky or the beach?  Crop out
> > the boat?  Only the tricycle and reflection?
> >
> > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/155680816
> >
> > Last one tonight.  We're going out to dinner.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Tina
> >
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> >
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Tina Manley
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