I don't believe there is a set standard as to what is a "good" picture. The decision is entirely yours as well as it is that of each viewer. I sense your satisfaction in accomplishing your intended goal with respect to these images. That's great!
Jack --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Dario Bonazza <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Dario Bonazza <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO = No wolves > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 8:05 AM > Thanks for commenting. You're perfectly entitled in not > getting the message, as I often do with many pictures. Some > pictures speak to everybody, while others speak to someone. > Others just don't speak. Sometimes the message the > observer gets is not the one the author was trying to send. > That could be fine too. > In #21, my intent was to make the building > "scream", if I can say that, hence the > oversharpening, the high contrast and so on. That inspired > the composition and then the strong rendering. > In #22, by removing color and disturbing details (by > setting high contrast) I wanted to remove a lot of unneeded > disturbing stuff for giving more weight to the two figures > in the foreground and the other human subject in the > background. That editing succeded in giving those figures a > more prominent role in the picture (compared to the original > shot). If I also succeded in getting a good picture, I > don't know. > > Dario > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Davis" > <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 3:12 PM > Subject: Re: PESO = No wolves > > > > Hi, Dario. I get the feeling you have rendered these > two images just the way you wanted. They speak to you in a > way that you understand, but I'm not privileged to > receive the same message. > > #21 is super sharpened and both have been given super > contrast to a point approaching "high key". > > I like the apparent rhythm and coordination that > appears to be the case with the two figures on the steps in > #22. > > Composition in both is well done. > > > > Jack > > > > > > --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Dario Bonazza > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> From: Dario Bonazza > <[email protected]> > >> Subject: PESO = No wolves > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > <[email protected]> > >> Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 5:23 AM > >> Hi all, > >> > >> These two pictures have been taken by me in Gubbio > one > >> month ago: > >> http://www.dariobonazza.com/misc/misc21e.htm > >> http://www.dariobonazza.com/misc/misc22e.htm > >> > >> Do you know the story of St. Francis and the wolf > of > >> Gubbio? Sorry, no more wolves around. > >> > >> Any comments on the pictures? Like them or not? > Why? > >> > >> Dario > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
