Frank, I *love* this image and the inclusion of the person in the frame really makes it more than it would have been without him. Love the colors and the mix of light, the odd round reflections in the alleyway shadows. Just a lot for the eye to move around with.
As for the tilt, you know me... it is normally one of my pet peeves but I don't think this image has much of a tilt to it at all. I think what is playing with our eye is that you were not standing directly on the center line of the alley when you took it AND that there are lots of off-kilter parts to the houses in the background. Your vertical lines are very close to perfectly vertical -and since you were off center, the middle line of the alley is not going to be perfectly centered. I tend to think that some of the problems are that you've got aged houses in the background that may be deviating from square over time. As to Bob W's quotes... I agree with them. But the question is: Was is a conscious choice... made either at the time the exposure was made or when the image was cropped? Or was one going for "square/level" but missed it? Big difference (to me). Bottom line is... the image either "works" or it doesn't. This image works Big Time, for me. On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > Garry Winogrand, when asked why he didn't keep the horizon level, replied > something to them effect that it was because it's not level in the real world. > > Claude Chabrol, and indeed other film directors, often tilt it quite subtly > to instil a sense of unease and a feeling that something is out of whack, as > if you're suddenly adrift. > > B > > > >> On 11 Jul 2015, at 13:16, Knarf <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks, Paul! >> >> I did notice the slight tilt when I was processing but I decided to leave >> it. Most of the buildings in Kensington are old (by Toronto standards) and >> the neighbourhood is populated by non-conformists, punks, neo-hippies and >> the like. Some of buildings are actually a bit tilted. >> >> The tilt was purposely left alone in this photo. Whether it would be better >> straightened or not is up to the viewer but it's there quite purposely. >> >> Thanks for the comment! >> >> Cheers, >> >> frank >> >>> On 9 July, 2015 9:42:25 PM EDT, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> Nice shot, great venue. I'd like to see it rotated a bit to straighten >>> out the verticals. >>> >>> Paul via phone >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 9:27 PM, frank theriault >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> I got down to Toronto's Kensington Market on the weekend. I'd never >>>>>> noticed this little alleyway before, with the row houses at the >>> end. >>>>>> No room for cars, just pedestrians, which is pretty cool to me: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/07/alleyway-in-market.html >>>>>> >>>>>> Typically colourful Kensington. >>>>>> >>>>>> > > -- > 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. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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.
