From: "John Celio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Good point about the foreground. Someone else mentioned clearing the >branches from the river. That idea both intrigues and repulses me. On the >one hand, it might make the image better, drawing attention away from the >cluttered foreground. On the other hand, I'm not sure I like the idea of >changing a scene I stumble upon. It kind of bothers me. I guess in my >mind >it would make it too artificial. Of course, the editing I did in Photoshop >makes it just as artificial, but at least the original image was >spontaneous, you know? >
Yeah that was me. :-) So I ask the question, what's sacred about spontaneity? The bridge is already a man made construct, and who knows exactly how all the stuff got there (higher river flow, no doubt). Was the 'as found' scene also 'sacred' if you had not opened the shutter? We impact the visual surroundings everday, outside of photography, in an attempt to make our environment more livable, more enjoyable to look at. Why not do it for exactly the same reasons when recording an image? It doesn't make the image artificial, any more than editing in Photoshop or cropping, IMO. Just my thoughts. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
