Hello Jack, Your reasoning makes pretty good sense. I think the problem is that you have competing subjects - neither of which is done justice. I think I would have gone for the overall scene putting the bone head in a lower corner and then another with the bone head as the subject - maybe a much longer lens from a distance to compress the scene so as not to lose the horizon too much.
My two cents. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, July 15, 2005, 3:47:39 PM, you wrote: JD> Bruce, JD> Thanks for 'skies' and 'color' remarks. JD> When considering the scene, my thought ran something JD> like this: JD> The head is not the total subject nor simply a JD> peripheral element, but one which must have a JD> prominent place in the scene. JD> In this case, the location must, also, be given JD> substantial weight. JD> I feared that a wider angle lens (this was shot with a JD> K24mm f/2.8) would diminished the horizon prominences JD> to a point were their impact would have been lost. JD> Especially if the camera were placed closer to the JD> scull. JD> Your response to my compositional reasoning will be JD> appreciated. JD> All comments welcome. JD> Jack JD> --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello Jack, >> >> You had some wonderful skies and great color. I >> like the general >> composition, but I keep thinking that the head seems >> just the wrong >> size. What I mean is, that if it is suppposed to be >> the subject, then >> it is just too small - maybe a bit closer with a >> wide lens. If it is not meant >> to be the subject, then it seems a bit too >> prominent. Perhaps a >> bigger image would make quite a bit of difference on >> my perceptions. Care >> to share a larger version? >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Bruce >> >> >> Friday, July 15, 2005, 1:59:18 PM, you wrote: >> >> JD> A final Monument Valley image from my site. >> JD> I hauled this Bone Head from Calfornia, in >> case... >> >> >> JD> Jack >> >> JD> >> JD> http://www.photolightimages.com/scenic/scenic.asp?catalogID=377 >> >> JD> >> __________________________________________________ >> JD> Do You Yahoo!? >> JD> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam >> protection around >> JD> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> >> >> JD> __________________________________________________ JD> Do You Yahoo!? JD> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around JD> http://mail.yahoo.com
