On Jan 6, 2005, at 12:42 AM, Bob W wrote:
I think that, in the end, you nailed it. I was trying too much to get too many people in the scene. I liked the idea of the masses going about their business, and this huge face watching them, completely unnoticed by the people. I think on the page with the second photo, I quoted photographer Robert Capa, "If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough."The 2nd one almost has a story: http://www.web-options.com/joninkrakow_53435_crop2.jpg
But basically, you were standing in the wrong place, and too far away.
Unfortunately the balance of lighting is not too good. Did you use auto exposure? It doesn't seem to have exposed for the face.
Compositionally, there are too many people in an undifferentiated mass, particularly on the right. (That's almost a political statement! <g>)
This, I finally realize a year later, was my big mistake. Like you said, I was trying to say too much! I do have a problem with verbosity--even in my photography. ;-) Thanks for the help! I do like your second crop especially. I hope to be able to scan this negative again someday at a higher resolution, and maybe then I can "repair" it. :-)
And, yes, the outside is a bit overexposed. I bracketed this shot with an over and under, but this one--over-- had the best arrangement of people. The negative still has a lot of detail left in it that the scan was not able to capture, so I think another scan with a better scanner will help in this regard. (I guess I'm still obsessed with this image...)
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-Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
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