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Igor > Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 20:29:10 -0500 (EST) > From: Igor Roshchin > Subject: Re: cheap batteries > > > 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.
