> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Bruce Walker > > I'm afraid busy is what this one says to me too. My eyes don't know > where to go. I like the little touches though, like the collection of > flags in front. > > I feel that, faced with this scene, I'd either pull back, go wide and > take in more surroundings or go in close for details. My own tendency > is to go for details as I don't have the chops yet to figure out a good > wide angle composition. I'm hoping that Bob Walkden will publish a book > on that subject. > > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola > <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16453772 > >>
Well, that's very flattering, but unlikely to happen. If I know more than other people about composition it's only because I'm a couple of pages ahead of them in the book, not because I'm any great expert on it. I've never been one for car photography - Paul Stenquist's your man for that. The only car I've ever tried to photograph was my MGB Roadster, which I photographed from a distance on a coast road. The pictures weren't very good. In the case of this car, you have to take what you can get where you find it, and Dan's done a good job in the circumstances. In ideal circumstances you'd take it out into the countryside somewhere and photograph it in action. Failing that, I think you can probably get something by getting further back and photographing it with a long lens from a relatively low angle. I wouldn't photograph it close up with a wide-angle lens because I don't particularly like the distortion it causes, or the fact that you can't hide your reflection, but it depends on what you want to show. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
