An awful lot going on with the "Grate" shot. Dark rectangle on the left along with blank foreground. Lack of greater DoF detracts from the subject element.
I do kind of like water fall #..657, although a bit too centered. I'd crop the left side just enough to move it to the left of center. Jack --- On Tue, 9/29/09, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> > Subject: peso drain grate > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 11:22 PM > I stopped by Highlands park today to > see if there were any good photo > opportunities of the river. I got a few shots of a small > waterfall > which seem pleasant, but probably a bit cliche' > > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157622360963705/ > > On my way back to the car, a drain grate caught my eye. I > took a few > frames, this is my favorite, and I think that the longer I > look at it, > the more I like it: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/3968424714/sizes/o/ > > Comments and suggestions are welcome. I can't decide > whether it would > be better if about half of the top third of the image were > cropped so > that the grate wasn't centered in the frame. > > -- > The first step is learning to take great photos, > the second step is learning to throw away ones that are > merely good. > Larry Colen > [email protected] > http://www.red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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.
