The trees were between 5 and 75 feet tall. The island was between 5 and 10 feet long. Wait let me go get a yardstick. ;-)
You just don't have an inquiring mind. :-) Tom C. >From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: PESO - One Man Island >Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 14:49:23 -0700 (PDT) > >I agree that a scene's scale need not be revealed. As doing so effects >the message of the image, that decision must be left to the photo >person. >Many scenes, of course, do carry a greater "WOW" factor if their scale >is known. In others, not knowing may increase the intregue of the >image. >In this case, it hadn't occurred to me to wonder. > >Jack > >--- keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Tom C wrote: > > > Thanks Keith... I have mixed emotions regarding the comment that > > the shot > > > needs to have scale. It was my intent to isolate the subject from > > it's > > > surroundings, and have it loom large in the frame, which I did in > > this shot. > > > > > > I haven't had a chance to look at it the context of the others, but > > I'll do > > > so to see if I can make myself feel the same way. :-) > > > > > > Maybe the fact that it made you ask the question, "What else is > > there?" > > > makes it a successful shot. Typically I'm intrigued by shots that > > I not > > > only enjoy, but leave me wanting to see more. :-) > > > > > > Just my take. > > > > > > Thanks again for commenting. > > > > > > > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > That it remains scale-less is perfectly okay. > > It's a great shot all by itself, so if you leave it hanging, so to > > speak, the > > problem is the viewers! > > > > What you see is what you GET! ;-) > > > > keith > > > > >> From: keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >> Subject: Re: PESO - One Man Island > > >> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 02:01:37 -0700 > > >> > > >> Tom C wrote: > > >>> Hey, > > >>> > > >>> Thanks Ken, Ken, Bruce & Jack. > > >>> > > >>> Bruce, the island was about 50 yards from sure by my estimation. > > Trees > > >> were > > >>> quite tall. I'll ty and post a more normal perspective if I have > > one. > > >> Hi Tom. > > >> > > >> I loved the image, but...it needed something recognizable to give > > it scale. > > >> The only feeling I got from is was How big is that rock, How tall > > are those > > >> trees, Is it a short distance across the water, or a large one? > > >> > > >> You say Normal Perspective, but even that is lost without a > > "scale" > > >> reference. > > >> > > >> Of course, you can't go back and ADD anything, but the only > > improvement I > > >> could suggest is that! > > >> > > >> Nicely viewed and it's a good shot! > > >> > > >> keith whaley > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
