On 2/1/05, Jens Bladt, discombobulated, unleashed: >I'm sorry if I have posted this image before.... >http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/2828279/ > >I entered a local competition with this. The judge didn't like it - at all. >He said the lighting was bad. That's what bothers me: Is it really wrong to >try to just photograph something the way you see it? As I opened my front >door one morning in late August (the day after I received my new *ist D), I >noticed this flower, which I believe it is a weed, not a "culture" flower. I >shot it right there - from my doorway - as I saw it - that fine morning. My >front door is facing east, so naturally, it's back lit! The almost-black >background is just the shadow-side of my hedge - noting artificial/arranged.
Photo competitions are completely irrelevant - it is not possible to grade art. All judges will be assimilated. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
