Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > Hi Ann, > > It took a second viewing, after my morning tea, to see the subtlety of this > shot. I like it. However, I think that the heavy black border around it > is too much, and that a thinner black border won't compete as much with the > image. Also, the white background that comes up on my browser doesn't help > the presentation much, either. A neutral, middle grey, would be > advantageous, imo. I sincerely believe that all too often not enough time > and thought is given to the photo's presentation. OK, off my soap box now > before the tomatoes come flying.
On my screen it isn't a white background ... I have my WIndoze options set to exactly a neutral gray, btw... I can't look at a white screen with my eyes. I like the black border at this width myself. I'm sending jpgs not htmls so you can color the background anyway you like. What is really funny is that I just came back to the apt after an outing - the ONLY other piece of mail I read before this one was on my Scrabble list where someone made a really silly pun and signed off "Ducking the rotten tomatoes" ! > > That said, good catch. I like many of your photos just for the fact that I > have to "get into them" a bit to fully appreciate the work. You make me > work to see the less obvious, which is a Good Thing. thanks, I like to think so. > > WRT the comment (by someone) that the driver's face would enhance the photo > if the driver was looking at the camera: Nope, don't think so. There's a > subtle dynamic going on that requires contact between the driver and the > scowling poster face. I think too many people look for the obvious. I'd lighten the face a bit to se it more clearly. > > Sure, it may have been a grab shot, a lucky catch, but you recognized what > was going on upon seeing what was in the finder, or afterwards, upon > looking at the print or the neg. I was lucky the guy in the car - and that car - showed up. We could start a discussion on what a grab shot is :) I"d define it as a photo taken quickly the minute the photog sees what he wants and has to shoot fast to record it before it disappears. Different, I think, than the linkd of lucky shot that someone gets, say, in a crowd watching an event where the photog really cant see what he is getting because he isnt looking through the lens but shooting blind form the hip or over heads. > > Anyway, cool shot. I like how clean and neat the street seems, too. > > Shel > Thanks - re street clean - ya know I didn't take it in New York ! :) happy Sunday ann > > http://users.rcn.com/annsan/pittsburghjune17.jpg
