Lasse Karlsson wrote: > "Where There's Smoke", by Glenn Arthur Jr, USA > > I like the general impression of the picture. The silhouettes of the > fire fighters with there helmets contrasted against the dramatic > background reminds me of some wartime pictures. They - the fire > fighters - are inherently perceived as some sort of peace time > "soldiers" or "heroes", and as such provide dramatic secenes just by the > nature of their work.
#blink# _Thank_you_; I've been trying to put my finger on just what it was that made me want to _take_ that shot in the first place, and you just nailed it! The hero aspect was easy, but that soldier parallel has been flitting elusively around the back of my brain for months -- since about four minutes before I opened the shutter for that frame -- without my being able to say what it was. I just knew that it reminded me of something important, and that it was important that it be silhouettes. > However, when playing around with the picture I ended up preferring a > much tighter crop than the one submitted. I cropped it below the top > wire and imediately to the left of the trunk of the tree, leaving the > far left figure out of the frame. I'll try your crop and see if I like it better. I did have some trouble deciding how to crop it. > In my web and image browser the picture also comes across slightly too > bright. Oops. I wonder if that'll be the case with my November submission as well. I've been trying to make things look reasonable on all of my monitors (but the Mac has been down for a few weeks), and I may not have the right compromise yet. Thanks for letting me know. > Anyway, it's a well captured scene, whatever cropping you'd prefer. Thank you! - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
