Bruce, I totally agree with you. More over, - none of the "ground rules" in any form of art should be taken as an absolute dogma. -- That's my sincere believe. I didn't even have much time to analyze this image for the correctness. I just used it as an example of the general trend/approach that I usually follow based on my intuition.
Cheers, Igor Wed Nov 27 19:11:59 EST 2013 Bruce Walker wrote: Igor, I would take that chart with a _really_ healthy dose of salt. Other than the basic rule of don't crop at joints, I wouldn't even give that chart the time of day myself. I have seen very many great shots that "violate" one of their red lines. Much fashion photography seemingly breaks their guidelines repeatedly. On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Igor Roshchin <str at komkon.org> wrote: > > Derby, > > I had the same impressions (both), as described by Godfrey. > > As for specific photos, - I thought that the one on p.57 appeared a > bit > too dark. I especially liked photos on p.67 and 55. > A rather strange pose on p.35 caught my attention. > > > Please, excuse me, I will provide an additional comment about > something that makes my eye a bit uncomfortable is the crop in some > photos that cuts off some odd portion of the legs (feet). > There is some magic formula of how much of a limb one can cut off so > that it looks fine. I don't know how to formulate it, it's just how I > feel. I actually remember seeing some website about a year ago that > was > discussing what portion works and what does not. Unfortunately, I > don't > remember where it was. > Those are photos: 37, 61, 45, and to a lesser extent 57, 55, 51. > > Well, I just googled, and found this chart: > http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18i6o34ozkql8jpg/ku-xlarge.jpg on this > page: > http://lifehacker.com/5991733/avoid-amputating-people-in-your-photos-with-this-cropping-cheat-sheet > I think it works along the lines (pun intended) of my intuition. > > > Best regards, > > Igor > > -- 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.
