> I did find it, looking for the right word - puzzling - that the three > photos were often judged in comparison to one another.
Probably wouldn't have happened if they were posted many days apart. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Comparing Photos >I found the recent comments on the the three PESO's I posted quite > interesting. I appreciate the feedback and naturally don't expect > everyone's taste to be the same. I'm happy that they were generally well > received. > > I did find it, looking for the right word - puzzling - that the three > photos were often judged in comparison to one another. Because, aside > from > being landscapes that contained trees and an element of fog, they were > quite > different from one another in composition, lighting and especially > feeling. > Neccessarily so because I had what nature presented me, and deliberately > so > because I think/hope I saw the potential in each of the circumstances and > decided to work on making the image, hopefully conveying the feeling that > I > had, to the viewer. > > To me, judging one against the other is like comparing a Caribbean beach > scene, to a northen California Big Sur coastal shot, to an Alaskan glacial > fjord. It's difficult to compare three such photos, because aside from > being water-related, they will have a totally different feeling to them. > > Here's my unsolicited, humble, hopefully not subjectively blind, thoughts > on > my own photographs: > > Inversion - Strong dramatic lighting, monotone, high contrast. Fog, tree > silohouettes and tree shadows provide the interest in the shot. Based on > responses I would describe it as 'Exciting'. > > Common Ground - Low light levels, low contrast, gray scale. Trees of > differing shapes almost lost in the fog, create a soft two dimensional, > somewhat old feeling. 'Moody'. > > Hillcrest - Medium lighting, soft/cool pastel-like colors and tones. > Foreground rolling grassy mounds, trees up close and more receding in to > the > distance and fog, providing some perspective. It feels a little ethereal > to > me and reminds me a bit of the grounds around Camelot as depicted in > motion > pictures. I find it to be 'Soothing'. > > ------------- > > So what am I blathering on and on about? Hmmm... :-) I guess what I'm > saying is that, personal taste aside, each photo is very different from > the > other, and was designed as such to present a different feeling to the > viewer. > > Side-by-side: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=341034 > > Again thanks for commenting. > > Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
