Ann,
Yes, I think the fact that you took this photo early in the morning
explains while there is nobody in the park. And it is very unusual
for that place. (Although I don't know how it was back in 1967.)
As for the tilt, - first of all, let me say that it is your image, and the
artist can choose the tilt that she prefers.
And yes, it was a very interesting puzzle.
However, if we are talking about the true vertical, I do not quite agree
with your choice of what you choose as a vertical/horizontal reference.
The trash can and the fence behind it are not reliable elements:
the trash can can be crooked, and the fence is not completely orthogonal
to your vector of sight toward it.
The vertical (not horizontal!) lines of the buildings in the background
(if they are in the middle of the photo) usually make a good reference,
but I do not see much of those. The only one that I can reliably see (as
small portion near the roof, toward the left top portion of the photo)
actually suggests the same CCW tilt as I described before.
I used the trees in the middle of the photo, - far in the background.
While a particular tree can be tilted/crooked, - majority of them are
vertical.
BUT, what I think is the most reliable vertical element in this photo is
the light pole that is right behind the trash can. (I had not paid
attention to it before.) I am still not 100% sure if it is a light pole.
If that's true, it suggests a CCW tilt, although a bit smaller than
2.2 degrees, rather 1-point-some degree.
Sorry, being a scientist, I tend to be "AR". ;-)
Igor
Ann Sanfedele Fri, 24 Oct 2014 20:17:14 -0700 wrote:
Thanks, Attila, Jack, Igor, Paul, Dan, Don, Christine, Rick and Bruce
and future commenters..
Attila -
This was 1967 - and in New York there were several custom labs, of which
many considered Modernage top drawer. At that time I didn't own a camera,
it was my ex husbands - although maybe he gave it to me, I can't remember.
But i was afraid I'd mess up processing , being a klutz, so all my work
back then was done by them. I was mainly painting
back then.
Igor, Jack - I think you were having a bit of fun with me on the
straightening stuff..yes? I frequently can't see a difference if something
is off a bit - I AM astigmatic, but there is not a problem with this
printin that way when you line up a grid in Elements over the photo the
verticals are right on with the elements (hehe) of the photo thatare
actually vertical, the buildings in the background, the wastebasket and
the actual fence behind it.
Igor - the park has gone through radical changes over the years...
the photo was taken early in the morning - I think, before I headed
off to work... much too early for people to be up.. perhaps I took it on a
Saturday morning. It was unusual for it to be that empty.
We lived about a block away at that time. Things have changed
even more since you lived in the neighborhood, thanks to NYU.
This was the first photograph I ever sold from a show - but with
a print I made myself in 1978...
ann
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