On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Jaume Lahuerta wrote:
> Juan Buhler's No Park:
> I have to confess that it took a lot to me to understand Juan's
> submission. Since I ran into the picture without reading the
> title, I didn't even realize that there was something written. The
> contrast settings of my monitor at home didn't help either. I saw
> a grey non contrasted picture while starting to think: 'Juan is
> going to kill me...'
Yes buddy, no criticizing my work. Prepare to die...
[...]
> Maybe because I don't identify the concrete object with the 'No
> Park' sentence written on it� Is this something typical in the US
> that is not used in Spain? (you can probably answer me, Juan,
> since you know my country).
It is just a broken "No parking" sign. Just a silly visual pun, I
guess.
> Also, to complete the series of distracting things, there is
> something at the top left corner that could have been cropped.
> I am thinking if a wider angle would help expressing the isolation
> of the object and also to relate it to other objects / sizes
> surrounding it.
I agree with that now. Cropping that part would help. I'm not sure
about the wider angle, though.
This is what the PUG is great for: some times pictures grow on you for
one reason or another, and it is great to have the chance to get
feedback on them, just to knock down any biases.
> and please, don't be too hard with my May submission�
> :-)
Oh, I don't know about that...
:-)
Thanks Jaume for the comments,
j
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