--- Knut Kampe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe my feeling is wrong, but I like this picture. > It has a lot of humor. > It is actually one of the few pictures that do not > loose by the middle > horizon -due to the magnificent clouds which give > the situation a grander > perspective.
I agree. It has a nice balance across the horizon, both in color and composition. The main element (the people) are centered between equally blank stretches of sky and sea. Likewise, the white clothing of the tourists is evenly surrounded by blue tones. > I've often wondered about vignetting myself. > Although I often prefer lenses > with low vignetting, I do feel that some pictures > gain something: They look > more 'classic' (because older, especially wide angle > lenses, had problems > with vignetting?). At times vignetting also enhances > the central theme. I was wondering about the light falloff, too. Some NG photos and a lot of ads have heavy vignetting to accentuate a central object. This is easy to do in any half-decent photo editor. I agree that it has artistic merit. In this photo, the effect is heavier on the left, so I don't think it was deliberate. However, since light falloff can be corrected somewhat in Photoshop, I think the photo editor decided to leave it. It doesn't hurt the image, unless you're really anal about technical photography. > What do others feel about vignetting? Can it be > feature in some > circumstances, that can be artistically used? Why not? > Knut > > PS: In the second example -shown by Rob- I agree > that vignetting (or what > it is at the left) does not add anything and > decreases the quality of this > image. Deb Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
