Hello Tom, I appreciate your comments. Feedback is always good. This may be an interesting case because of familiarity. Having grown up in this valley, I am very familiar with the mountain scenes there. I have shown this to others who live in this area and have gotten positive responses. But those who haven't aren't familiar don't particularly like it. This could certainly be a case of expectations. Thanks so much for putting your feelings into words and sharing them with me.
-- Bruce Wednesday, January 3, 2007, 11:19:33 AM, you wrote: TC> I have to ask what you're going to do with the photo. It documents that you TC> were there, but would you hang it on a wall? Would it be the kind of photo TC> that's saleable? Not that the last point matters that much, but what are TC> you trying to achieve? I know the mountains around Salt Lake are beautiful TC> and that was likely the motivatotion to press the shutter release. TC> I feel those elements distract from the grandeur of the mountains. Not that TC> there shouldn't or couldn't be other elements, but these, IMO, are placed TC> incorrectly to make it a pleasing photo. There can be foreground trees but TC> at least a portion of it here is out of focus with the ugly leaf hanging on TC> the left. I realize you shot from where you were in this instance, but the TC> road and chain link fence does nothing to make it a pretty picture. TC> IMO, majestic mountains often don't need any context and adding it can TC> detract from their sublime beauty. TC> I'm not trying to be critical, just giving you the feedback you requested. TC> I realize you were probably not out on a serious photo-taking expedition, TC> just out for a walk maybe... but if your main subject was the same and you TC> had a different vantage point where you could cleanly incorporate other TC> natural elements, while excluding the unnatural, I think it would benefit. TC> Tom C. >>From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: PESO - Mountain Majesty >>Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 10:56:11 -0800 >> >>It will be good to hear from others to see how they feel. FWIW, I >>like the elements that seem to bother you. I have shot those >>mountains without nothing around them and there is no perspective to >>get a feel for them. They just look like a mountain of some sort. >> >>Thanks for your candid comments. >> >>-- >>Bruce >> >> >>Wednesday, January 3, 2007, 10:24:23 AM, you wrote: >> >>ft> On 1/3/07, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Standing down in the flat valley really gives these mountains a sense >> >> of power. Taken in Utah. >> >> >> >> Pentax K10D, A 70-210/4, Handheld >> >> ISO 100, 1/350 sec @ F/11 >> >> >> >> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/snow2006_01.htm >> >> >> >>ft> I'm not sure that I'm as thrilled with this one as I am with most of >>ft> your other work, Bruce. >> >>ft> A couple of things that bother me: >> >>ft> 1) The tree in the mid-ground on the left is about the same apparent >>ft> height as the mountain - it lessens the impact of the massiveness of >>ft> the mountain, IMHO. >> >>ft> 2) The dark tree in the foreground seems to be "touching" the tree >>ft> mentioned in point one. I'm distracted from the main subject >>ft> (presumabely the mountain) as I ascertain what tree is which. I don't >>ft> mind photos in which there's a lot going on, but with this one, all >>ft> this only takes away from the impact of the main subject, without >>ft> adding any meaningful narrative. >> >>ft> 3) The dark trunk upper left is a distraction. >> >>ft> But, maybe it's just me... >> >>ft> cheers, >>ft> frank >> >> >>ft> -- >>ft> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >> >> >> >> >>-- >>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
