Generous comments, Darren. Yes, a reviewer must allow for the photographers considerations for shooting a scene in a particular manor. One learns those by allowing that there may very well have been restricting conditions.
Thanks again, Darren! Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Addy" <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 7:15:31 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Long Abandoned I appreciate your thoughts Jack. I think a "post mortem" of shots is always helpful and questions to stimulate thought and problem-solving are always welcome. Our dilemma is that we can't know what a photographer was working with just outside of the frame, but your point raised allowed me to "flesh that out" a bit more. Valuable contribution to the discussion, I think. Thanks again! On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 7:35 AM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@comcast.net> wrote: > Darren, my "if at all possible" was offered just for the reasons you site. > I meant, positioning yourself further to the left, and shooting to place the > front of the house right of center. In addition to those limiting factors you > mentioned, I see that my idea would have caused you to loose the diagonal > perspective of the house. Not good! > I'm convinced that you shot it the way you did for all the right reasons. Sky > composition, probably one of the most critical. > Thanks, Darren for allowing my oblique nit. > > Jack > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darren Addy" <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 10:08:06 PM > Subject: Re: PESO: Long Abandoned > > Far too kind, Frank! Until Jack spoke up I thought I'd have to sit my > camera down and walk away. :) > > Appreciate the "nit pick" Jack, but not sure I understand. By "front" > do you mean the three windows side? And "house on the right of center" > you mean the whole house (by panning left or positioning to the left? > > By way of explanation, I had to work around a couple of "problems" in > the scene: > 1) What I really liked (and did not want to lose) was the thin boards > sticking out on the right of the roof peak and seeing them through the > small window hole in the peak. > 2) The sun is *just* out of frame to the left. > 3) If I move my feet further to the left you would see a > telephone/electrical pole come into view which I have hidden behind > the house. Left of the frame is also a tall communication tower (some > distance away). > > I took several images at different distances and focal lengths (on the > 10-20mm) but almost all were taken from this angle (for the > aforementioned reasons). Of the various zooms, etc. this is the one > that "jumped out" at me. I wish I could pull out the metal fence post > in the weeds in front of the building, but I didn't want to attempt > photoshopping it out. Didn't bother me THAT much. > > > > On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Jack Davis <jdavi...@comcast.net> wrote: >> Darren, this the nittiest pick you will likely ever see. I would have placed >> the house >> on the right of center IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. As it is the front is emotionally >> less accessible >> and would always be my issue. >> That wonderful sky looks to be such as would accommodate the move. >> Love the shot generally. >> >> Jack >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Darren Addy" <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 4:39:17 PM >> Subject: Re: PESO: Long Abandoned >> >> Thanks to all who looked and commented. This was my favorite image of the >> day. >> >> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> >> wrote: >>> Stunning! >>> >>> Paul via phone >>> >>>> On May 11, 2015, at 5:04 PM, Donald Guthrie <shark50...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Darn near perfect, Darren. Print it. >>>> >>>>> On 5/11/15 3:20 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: >>>>> Message: 12 >>>>> Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 14:39:41 -0500 >>>>> From: Darren Addy<pixelsmi...@gmail.com> >>>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<pdml@pdml.net> >>>>> Subject: PESO: Long Abandoned >>>>> Message-ID: >>>>> <caeqabgr4ihw+kxnuqf7+rqcx4nay62odhczxparjat4y9nc...@mail.gmail.com> >>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >>>>> >>>>> The moment I saw this scene I was thinking "Zone System" treatment. >>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/17340700510/in/dateposted-public/ >>>>> >>>>> Comments & criticism welcome in equal measure. >>>>> >>>>> -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> 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 >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
