Can I hijack? I have taken about 5 pictures in my entire life but can I? On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Dag T wrote:
> Thomas Moraitis, Sunset with Drying octopusses > Sunsets are popular.... It is not a bad one, but in this case I miss > something in the other end of the line. The composition is too heavily > concentrated on the left. Also, I would have preferred to have the > horizon clear below the octopuses. One radical suggestion: crop until > only the line the sun, perhaps the horizon and a few octopuses remain. When I saw it I thought "fill-in flash on the post" (hopefully deflected to keep it soft). What would you make of this suggestion? I don't want the detail of the octopus, but feel I am missing something from the lamp. Being a fellow ex-pat com-pat, this picture says a few things to me :-) > Joseph Tainter, Notre Dame From Upstream > I like the light in the lower part of the building, but don�t like the > way the towers are cut. I�d prefer either more or less. I always have this problem when I take buildings. Assuming you go for less, won't you lose the top of the round roof at the front? Would you go even lower? > Dag Thrane, Stone > Hey, that�s me, OK, revenge is yours :-) As I have no picture I perhaps shouldn't, but here goes: I would like perhaps something more at the bottom to frame the foot. That's what I hate most about my upright pictures. I am also pondering on the possible merits of a bit more DOF to expose the hand fully (is it motion that makes it blurred?). I get the morbid feeling here that perhaps the stone is *behind* the hand (and perhaps the child) and going towards it! > Frank Theriault, The Demonstration > Determined, but not too angry. OK PJ shot from a demostration. The > white jacket against all the dark ones helps a lot to the composition. This looks to me more like a souvenir from the demonstration, rather than a picture of it. The impression I get about the demonstration was that it was rather sparse and too well behaved. It's a fine picture, with an "I was there" feeling. It's just the title I am wondering about (and thus the interpretation). > Ann Sanfedele, Yellow chairs > Yellow? Nice colours ;-) The fuzzy circle at the right bothers me, > besides that I like these skinny chairs. Would you align the floor with the frame of the picture? Would a straight shot from the front be boring? The tulip was my favourite. Kostas (trying to learn-thanks for the commentary)
