De gustibus non est disputandum. -- Cheers, Bob
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff > Sent: 17 October 2006 20:50 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: RE: PESO - The morning ride > > All these contrasts and implications sound like a lot of > silliness to me, > Bob. I'm not sure if you really believe this or if you're > just putting me > on. However, assuming that you believe that these contrasts > exist, and > that the resultant implications exist, then I missed it all. > I just find > the photo to be too disjointed and lacking any coherency .... > maybe there > are too many contrasts and to many things are implied. > > > Shel > > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Bob W > > > It has several very effective contrasts going on. > > > > The green open space around the curve contrasts with the city; the > > implied movement of the cyclists contrasts with the static city, and > > also complements the curve. The curve of the open road > contrasts with > > the straight line of the city road. The curve contrasts with the > > straight lines and boxes of the building. The 2 solitary figures > > contrast with the implied large population of the city, and > implies a > > freedom that the people in the city don't have - the > contrast between > > leisure and work. There is a very good play with the scale > of the city > > and the people. That little bit of colour on the nearer > cyclist brings > > the eye right there, despite their small scale against the city. > > > > It's all very good for those reasons and probably many more. > > > > There are some small factors that make it less than perfect, but the > > overall effect makes them insignificant and not worth mentioning. > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Bob > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff > > > Sent: 17 October 2006 17:28 > > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > Subject: Re: PESO - The morning ride > > > > > > Hi Bruce ... > > > > > > I've looked at this one several times. I just don't see what > > > others seem > > > to see. For me, the composition isn't very good, the > > > cityscape competes > > > too much with the cyclists, the curve sign takes away from > > > the flow of the > > > curve ... it just doesn't come together. All the responses I > > > read were > > > positive, but no one that I can recall stated why they liked the > > shot. > > > Maybe I'm missing something .... > > > > > > Shel > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > > From: Bruce Dayton > > > > > > > Many thanks to those who have commented on this image. > It has met > > > > with more positives than I had imagined. I have been trying > > > > recently to expand my horizons a bit and become more > versatile in > > my > > > > shooting. > > > > > > > http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_3513a.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > > -- > 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
