On Aug 1, 2010, at 9:43 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: > On 8/1/2010 11:16 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> I find it a pleasant composition, and the reflection of the squares >> within the squares is entertaining. If I were to have a criticism it >> is that one thing that I try to bear in mind is my philosophy that >> photos are like sentences, the best ones have both a subject and a >> verb, and this one doesn't seem to have a verb. > > That's a concept I haven't thought of. Fascinating. But then, what kind of > verb would you attach to a still life photograph? I sure need to think about > that and digest that thought properly.
Fruit sitting on a table? I suppose that in this one you could say "windows being". Does Hebrew have a "be" verb? Or I suppose you could say windows reflecting windows. It isn't a perfect analogy, and there are some perfectly fine photographs that don't have a "verb", but in general I think that the best ones do. > > Or you can say, I need to grok it rightly. Or that it is something for you to reflect on? > >> If it were my photo, I would be inclined to try rotating it 90 >> degrees, probably clockwise, and/or converting it to black and white. >> I have no idea whether either of those would improve the photo, those >> are just things that I'd play with. > > Yes, and b/w tonality a-la Godfrey's work from the last year... I see your > point. Apparently, I shot it exactly the way I wanted it to be, but I might > have limited my reasoning to too few choices indeed. One of the things that I value about this list is when I post a picture and someone says "have you considered ..." and mentions something that I hadn't even thought of. I don't necessarily prefer their idea, but there have been a few times where it has made a substantial difference. > > Thanks! My pleasure. And thanks for being such a good sport about my suggestions. > > Boris > > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
