> Sometimes the best choice is to not push the button, and look elswhere for > a > picture.
Mark! Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: PESO -- Sunset Over W__*Ma__ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: PESO -- Sunset Over W__*Ma__ > > > >> Beautiful sunset, but not so hot foreground. In fact, it looks a bit >> like >> a >> Wal-Mart ad, unfortunately. >> >> I have seen countless beautiful sunsets... right outside our Safeway >> when >> shopping for groceries. I no longer try to bother to take them. > > Good decision. > The majority of the pictures that get posted here fail simply because the > scene, while it may have a couple of nice elements, is ruined by > distracting > elements or technical flaws. > If the picture can be fixed, I'll use the one of the sunglasses that Igor > posted the other day, then great. It isn't a really strong picture, but at > least it holds together in a cohesive manner. OTOH, Bruce posted a shot > the > other day of a bit of a building. The shot had some nice elements in it, > but > failed because of poor technique, in that there wasn't enough depth of > field > to keep what needed to be in focus in focus. > I realize it was a framing element, but because it wasn't sharp, the > picture > went from one that had the potential to be pleasing to a sub par image > that > was annoying. > I realize that it may have been impossible to secure sufficient depth of > field with the equipment he was using, even if he had bothered with a > tripod, which means he was using the wrong equipment. A view camera would > probably have been a better choice, but that is work, which no one seems > willing to do anymore. > > Sometimes the best choice is to not push the button, and look elswhere for > a > picture. > > William Robb -- 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.
