On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 20:33:14 -0500, Kenneth Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frank FWIW, I think it would be a far stronger image if the people on the > far LH side were cropped out, maybe just crop out all to the Left of the end > of the brick wall. I don't see that they add anything to Walk & Talk. > BTW< its not all that obvious that the guy has a phone stuck in his ear. > Just my penny's worth.
Thanks, Ken, for looking at and commenting on the photo. I'm not saying for a moment that you aren't correct in what you say, but I thought about cropping the way you suggest, and I don't think that for me the photo would be saying what I'd like it to say. I think that, for one, it would be oppressively dark if the photo ended at the edge of the wall. I think the "light at the end of the tunnel" balances the dark shadows of the wall and overhanging trees nicely. As well, cropping would lose that line in the sidewalk, which I think is a strong element WRT the perspective and "tunnel effect" (which is much of what I think the photo speaks of). To me, the photo would work if the phone guy weren't in there - just the wall and sidewalk converging toward a point in the distance, with the OOF people beyond the trees. That Mr. Phone Guy is in there only adds to that perspective, just because he's moving in that direction, and a bit tilted that way, too. You're right, the phone thing isn't obvious. That's why I titled it the way I did, so people would notice that, even though it's really a small part of what I see the photo being about. It's really not a very good title, and I may change it. I hope you don't consider it rude to ask for comments, then appear to dismiss yours. I'm not doing that, really. I'm glad you commented, and your comments did make me think about the photo in a different way than I did before. However, after considering your thoughts, I don't think they'd work for me. That being said, you may be right and I may be wrong... <vbg> Thanks again, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
