This is another version of "Snow in the City," taken a minute or so earlier. The out-of-focus is perhaps not as obvious, although pretty much the same. It lacks the color of my original Snow in the City post, however, so I like the original one better, even with the more obvious focus problem.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16718637 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree. While we had almost two inches at home (New Jersey) there > was only a brief and light show shower in the city. That made it > easier to grab a cab, but harder to grab an image of the falling snow. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:47 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think it would work if the snow had been falling a lot harder, so that the >> visible snow in the foreground gives your brain a reason for the background >> being OOF. >> >> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >>> >>> I agree. What I wanted was the snow more in focus than the >>> background, but the background just a LITTLE oof, to give it a dreamy >>> feeling and to emphasize the snow, rather than the rest of the scene. >>> The background is MUCH more oof than I intended. It didn't look quite >>> that bad on the viewing screen, and I didn't examine it too carefully >>> as my wife was anxious to get out of the snow and rain. >>> >>> It is not at all what I intended, but what the hell, I'll just pretend >>> it's art, and if others don't like it,then I'll tell them they don't >>> understand high concept art. >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 2:43 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I see where you were going with it. For my taste, something besides the >>>> snow >>>> should be in focus so that you've got something to see the snow against. >>>> >>>> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >>>> >>>>> Well, yes, that's why it is a FAILED experiment. >>>>> >>>>> I was trying to focus on the snow instead of the buildings and people. >>>>> I thought it might look interesting. Turns out, it's pretty much >>>>> impossible to actually do that, at least with my old geezer eyes. >>>>> >>>>> When I looked at it, first I said, "Ah shit," but the more I looked at >>>>> it, the more I liked it, weird as it is. So, I thought I would post >>>>> it here so folks could tell me how terrible it is and why I shouldn't >>>>> like it. >>>>> >>>>> Dan >> >> >> >> -- >> 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.
