Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Hi Jon ... > > It's nice to know that you've found something that resonates for you in the > photograph. > > I shot a fair number of similar frames that day, all within a span of two > or three minutes, each with a slightly different position of the gun, a > slightly different relationship between the gun and the trees, and, of > course, with a few different cloud formations and positions. Over a year > or so the trees went through their full cycle, so there are pics with trees > in many different states. Likewise the lighting. > > It's been fun, and a project like this may never really end. There will > always be another snap, another POV for looking at the scene. It's not a > big deal, and as Ann suggested, maybe I'm putting more time into it than > it's worth.
Ah - um not quite what I was suggesting, Shel - I kinda meant that the simple original image might be more powerful than one that has added bells and whistles - or at least as powerful. Meaning that "worrying" an image to much may ultimately reduce the impact, or at least may not add to it (been there, done that :) ) ann
