Frank, Glad you found my comments useful. They were correct, of course, whether you agreed with them or not. :) :) :)
I also wanted to comment on your "if I may be immodest for a moment". I believe that to be(come) a decent, if not Good photographer, one MUST become a good curator of one's own work. That means making sometimes harsh assessments about one's own output. On the otherhand, doing that well should turn up the occasional "jewel". Therefore: I don't think that there is anything at all "immodest" about a photographer approving of one's own work - as long as one is judicious about it. The one who loves everything that they themselves produce is either a narcissist or a fool (and most likely both). On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 8:15 PM, Knarf <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Darren, > > Your thoughts are most appreciated! And I agree with everything you said. > > Bottom line (if I might be immodest for a moment) I think the photo works as > is, tilt or no. > > Thanks again! > > Cheers, > > frank > > > > On 11 July, 2015 7:00:40 PM EDT, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >>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. > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > -- > 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.
