Knarf, I don't consider it rude at all. You simply stated reasons why you did/like what you did & your responses make sense to me. I don't necessarily agree but we both have own takes on the same scene.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 10:29 AM Subject: Re: PAW: Walk and Talk > 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 >
