Many times, we as photographers like a particular shot, partly because of the effort and skill it took to get it. There have been countless times when my wife will pick out a shot that was easy for me to take and pass over something much more difficult. So what I am saying here is that our own efforts become part of the criteria by which we judge a picture, instead of purely on the merits of the finished image itself.
This is one of those cases for me. The description you gave indicates the difficulty of getting the precise framing you did, but doesn't help me to appreciate the image any more. I like the concept you present here, but the lighting and angle of shot don't seem to help much. The light is very flat and presents little in the way of shadows and highlights. The angle of the shot is too high, seemingly taken from a comfortable standing position. It seems the shot could be much cooler if you had crouched down so that the repeating element could present a more dynamic and interesting view of the situation. Seems that more times than not, our eye level view is the least interesting. -- Bruce Monday, October 17, 2005, 9:11:39 AM, you wrote: BL> Hi! BL> http://www.photoforum.ru/rate/photo.php?photo_id=225724 BL> There is a bit of story attached to this picture... See, this is full BL> frame unaltered except b/w conversion and tonal manipulation. I "saw" BL> this picture and tried several times. All those times I would get a bit BL> more on the LCD of my *istD naturally because the viewfinder does not BL> give 100% coverage... So I have to try and err until I obtained this BL> very frame. So, at times it may be good to chimp. BL> Your honest and brutal comments are sought after. BL> Boris
