>Jeez, I've never looked at composition from the geometry standpoint. I >love pictures that show trains in relation to the environment they pass >through. Maybe that's why I love all the N&W steam work by Winston Link. >I suppose you could study his work and some other pictures that I like >and find some kind of geometric pattern, but that's not what pulls my >chain. I just like pictures that show railroad and something about the >territory. Maybe that's why, in Danneman's Spirit of Railroading book, >the Mel Finzer aerial shot on p 188-189 is one of my favorites. >Geometric pattern? Dunno.
I'm staring right now at my OWL calendar for 1998. Geez, that guy was insanely great! One thing I've noticed and I wonder if anybody else has: In most of his shots he hid his light sources very well, but in some shots (notably the "Trains, Planes, and Automobiles" image) he has them out in plain view. Did his styles change, or did he just do that when there was nowhere to hide the stands? ---Mark--- La Plata, MO MP 312.7 on the Marceline Sub Home of the unique 1945 ATSF depot now being restored -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved
