Re: PESO: The rains are here

2008-04-07 Thread David J Brooks
The one on the right, has more rain and wet feel to it. Dave On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 12:58 AM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day All, Earlier Godfrey posted his triptych, it just so happens I've recently put together a diptych (~170kb)

RE: PESO: The rains are here

2008-04-05 Thread Bob W
The first one (on the left) is somewhat compromised by the composition and the breaking of the frame in my opinion. The 2nd, however, is really excellent - I love the clarity, the freshness and the very wet feel you have caught. That splash (forgive the pun) of colour lifts it. Bob

Re: PESO: The rains are here

2008-04-05 Thread David Savage
I think you've summed up quite nicely my own feelings. I had to crop the LHS quite severely to get ride of an annoying BG feature that I couldn't seem to get rid of in camera. But it's not quite right Anyway it was a fun project to shoot. Thanks for your thoughts. Cheers, Dave On Sat, Apr

RE: PESO: The rains are here

2008-04-05 Thread Anthony Farr
Dave, The teacher of photographic composition in my third year of photography school told a story that is apt for your diptych. He took a locally successful exhibition to China in the '70s, but at its first showing it got a disappointing reception. Upon investigation he found that the pictures

Re: PESO: The rains are here

2008-04-05 Thread David Savage
I can see how it could be confusing. The leaking tank in the right most frame is for rain water collection. It's about 4' high on a 1' plinth. The shot on the left is the downpipe from the roof guttering over the top of the tank which supplies the rain water. :-) So the sequence is correct,

RE: PESO: The rains are here

2008-04-05 Thread Anthony Farr
, Anthony Farr -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Savage Sent: Sunday, 6 April 2008 12:50 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: The rains are here I can see how it could be confusing. The leaking tank in the right most