I agree with you Darren. In the "Perspective Corrected" version, the white space is more intrusive, and takes away some of the power from the clouds.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > I appreciate the criticism, John. In fact, I have a few shots that > include the water tanks (and I perspective corrected one for you > below). However, landscape photography differs from landscape painting > in that we must work with what nature presents us, and there are > limits to what our wishes can impose upon the scene. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/14548768911/ > > In the image above, the much more interesting part of the sky is on > the right hand side (and out of the frame to my right) and it is > racing away from me at approximately 60 mph. I felt that the sky was > the subject (in this case) more than the setting. The only thing I > really wanted the setting for was foreground and sense of size > perspective. While I think the image above is OK (maybe even the upper > levels of mediocrity) I don't think it has the "wow" factor that the > sky in the original image has. To me, that sky was the lead story and > the image above "buries the lead" (to borrow a journalistic term). > Behind me (in the image linked above) is 4 lanes of Interstate > traffic. When I moved around to frame the interesting part of the sky, > I got that traffic if I included the ground (which totally spoils the > "out in the middle of nowhere in the prairie" look of the image) in my > original shot. > > Finally, the clouds were not static, but were in violent motion that > changed moment by moment. The scene I chose for the original shot was > chosen because the clouds presented themselves in a particularly > "wicked" fashion, even more than the frames taken moments sooner or > later. So, you have to work with what you've got and the constraints > that time and the scene put upon you. > > > On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 11:40 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 6/30/2014 8:11 PM, Darren Addy wrote: >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/14543374231/ >>> >>> Comments and criticism welcome in equal measure. >>> >> >> I think actually SEEING the stock tank the windmill is attached to would >> give it better context. And I'd really prefer the tower not leaning to >> one side ... unless it actually IS leaning to one side, in which case, >> the stock tank would again provide context. >> >> -- >> Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >> Religion - Answers we must never question. >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs > look like photographs. > ~ Alfred Stieglitz > > -- > 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.
