Some time ago someone posted a pic of a lake with a line of trees in the background, and on the lake was someone in a small rowboat. It added much to the pic. Just a day or so back someone posted a pic of the lake they live near. No people in it, nothing to show any activity or life . A well executed photo but boring. The world is so full of life and activity (people, animals, life, motion, things happening) that, to me, a nature scene that doesn't show some of life's vibrancy is just dull and boring more often than not. Sometimes that spark can be captured without people, life, or activity, but, for the most part, one sunset looks much like the other, one row of trees not much different than the next, one pile of rocks just like the pile seen earlier.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 11/6/2004 5:30:13 PM > Subject: Re: PAW - Grand Ice Cream > > On 7 Nov 2004 at 12:16, Rob Studdert wrote: > > > On 6 Nov 2004 at 16:38, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > > > Even when looking > > > at a landscape I quickly scan to see if there are any people in the frame, and > > > am generally disappointed when i find none, even though none are expected. > > > > LOL, I'm generally disappointed if I find one in a landscape. > > I should add that I suspect a little of my perspective was born of the fact > that my grandfather who was a keen photographer all his life had not one > landscape image without a person featuring in it. I suspect that he had to have > a person in frame or he felt it was a waste of film, he alluded to the > suggestion of scale :-)
