I wrote: >> So many people have said that, and of course I have no idea what the >> story to it is.
To which ann replied: > > and I will say it too... I think I'd have liked to see the subject in not > quite such a tight shot.. > Did you do it both ways? I sometimes shoot things close up and back away > just to record where > I took the photo - to help remember content. > I'm guessing its someones idea of street art... who knows who might ahve > been watching you take the photo :) Yes, but then if we knew the story there'd be no mystery and IMHO that mystery is a large part of the allure of the photo! ;-) But to answer your question, no, I didn't step back and take a "situational" photo to put it in the context of it's surroundings. Honestly, it didn't occur to me. I got the shot I wanted and moved on. Thanks for your comments and thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
