On 7 Nov 2004 at 13:44, Keith Whaley wrote: > The main effect of a body in a wilderness shot (city OR country) is the > perspective it lends. > Wilderness shots frequently mislead you as to the real size of the > scene, or distance from here to there. > Adding a human somewhere does both. Gives you an 'aha' point of reference...
There are ways to suggest scale sans humans, to my mind is ceases to be a wilderness as soon as it contains a pic of some dude clad in bright orange synthetic yardage. Same goes for vapour trails, they have ruined many a wilderness shot of mine. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
