Hi! g> As I said subtile. The emotional undercurrent in a photo is far more important g> than most photographers seem to realize.
I am afraid I am going to admit that I still have to start scratching the surface of that. g> Is he? Or is he explaining, or is he arguing. The feeling from the photo is that g> he is defensive about it somehow. That comes from the leaning back tilt of the g> photo. And, I do not think that was what Boris had in mind. As it is the photo g> is ambiguous, but it is not ambiguous enough to seem deliberately ambiguous. As I said, it was not deliberate and I did not have time to think all of this shot through. It came out this way and I suppose I missed it to a point (above). g> GRIN! (For folks who have not looked at it Boris's photo is of a guy racking g> pool balls, not pornography). Do they both have to be in focus? I think not, you g> can change the meaning of the photograph simply by selective focus. Is it a g> photo of a guy playing pool? Or it a photo of a pool game with a player in the g> back ground? See what I mean? Tom, I really wanted to have them both in focus as my thought was that this guy is explaining about this ball... I think it was shot at f/5.6 or even f/8... g> Boris's photo is actually an excellent teaching vehicle, as it is a good g> snapshot, the value is in learning how it could be a powerful photograph. Now I am flattered <g>... g> I think folks are now seeing why I do not generally critique photos. But I felt g> Boris was asking for instruction rather than praise. However, everybody note, g> that I did not tell him to use a different viewpoint, or angle, or distance. g> That would be telling him to make a different picture, not how to improve the g> one he chose to make. Indeed, I was asking for instruction. Actually, I am almost always asking for instruction. As my aim is to improve. On all aspects of the photography (including some funny sentences related to balls <g>)... Seriously, I'd much rather get an instruction like this instead of infinite number of ohs and wows without any specific word except the exclamation marks... But again, it is me only... Boris
