I, for one, hadn't noticed all the wheels, and now that I notice them, I'm
still not sure that is what the picture is about (it doesn't seem to really
concentrate on the wheels so much as the space itself). However, it leads
me to a question related to a post I made earlier about picture titles.
Would this picture have worked better if the title had been something that
clued the viewer into looking for the replicated element? For example,
title the picture "Wheels" or some such?
later,
patbob ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED])
"Anthony Farr" wrote:
> Sid Barras wrote:
> > On Fritz Wuthrich's "Old and New":
> > I think my first impression is why fisheye? The
> architectural details
> in the truss system, the
> > multilevel walkways are interesting enough, but I don't
> think the angle of
> the shot enhances or
> > contributes to the composition. I truly don't want to sound
> "expertish, or
> elitist", Fritz, believe
> > me. I just don't "see" the rendering of this scene in the
> fisheye look as
> a positive attribute.
> > Bravo for attempting this lens, I have one, and very seldom
> am I pleased
> with the results of the
> > image.
> I can't agree less!
> There is a definite theme of wheels and circles to be found
> at every level
> of this pic. The lights have conical shades (circular openings). The
> modern girders have circular cut-outs. The modern columns
> are cylindrical
> (circular cross-section). There are wagon wheels on the
> mezzanine. And to
> top it off in a most serendipitous way there is the wheel chair in the
> foreground showing off a well chromed wheel.
> I mostly find that fisheye and semi-fisheye photos use the effect
> gratuitously, but if any photo deserves the use of a fisheye
> lens then this
> is it, the semicircularity of the view meshes perfectly with
> the wheels and
> circles within.
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