Actually I really do like the composition - sometimes its nice to have
graduated areas of interest where the eye has to do a bit of roaming in
order to see/notice everything. I like the way the eye is drawn by degrees
to the trees/mountains/horizon land mass and trees/reflection/lake and pier
with white dog/woman. Then you realise how much detail is in such a
seemingly simple scene. Then the eye starts to 'hunt' a little and notice
other details in what is fast becoming quite a surprisingly rich scene -
like the broken board on the pier and tube like thing hanging off the pier
and the hint of reeds on the left in contrast to the thick patch next and
right to the pier.
Like I said it's a nice gentle graduation of interests that works well in
such a serene and quiet scene - its a bit like looking at an oil painting
by one of the old masters. The lighting and graduated blues of in the lake
really make it work. I'd be well happy with the shot as it is :) - it makes
a nice change from the 'in your face' area of interest.
Allan
PS No trees were harmed in the sending of this message and a very large
number of electrons were asked their permission to be terribly
inconvenienced. (And threw a party for them afterwards for being really cool
about it).
Disrupting the unnatural balance that you, as a conscious human being and a
confused mass of energy, have created.
-Disturb the mind -
>From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: My OM gears bring me a lot of fun #27
>Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:06:31 -0500
>
>Pretty much my conclusion as well. The woman and dog are in sufficient
>shadow that I'm straining to see them and it's detracting from the
>lovely background which is very nicely pointed to by the pier. The
>heavily shadowed foreground pretty much dictates that the people not be
>there.
>
>Including people in a bright sun, heavy shade situation like this is
>fraught with difficulty. If they're in heavy shadow they can't be seen
>properly. If the exposure is brought up to improve the shadowed
>foreground the background will be overexposed. If faced with this kind
>of lighting in a portrait situation, to see the people and keep the
>background in control requires a fair amount of flash power. The camera
>is best set at minimum ISO, the shutter needs to be set at maximum flash
>sync speed and the aperture set for the proper ambient light exposure of
>the background. Then you need enough flash power to light the
>foreground according to the now predetermined aperture.
>
>Chuck Norcutt
>
>Chris Barker wrote:
> > Thanks, Michael, that's a lovely scene. I might disagree that the
> > woman and dog were the main points of interest, though. The light is
> > on the trees and horizon and, as you pointed out, the pier points
> > that way. In addition, the woman and dog are in the shadow. I think
> > that the photograph suffers from having 2 areas of interest and it
> > might have been interesting to see the trees and their reflection alone.
> >
> > You now have the opportunity to make comment on my photographs ... :-)
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On 2 Jan 2007, at 09:56, Michael Wong wrote:
> >
> >> Nam Sang Wai, a famous tourist spot due to a crocodile appeared about
> >> 2 years ago. Beautiful scene, I think a bit little Japanese feel.
> >>
> >> For the picture, I selected the wooden bridge and the highest 2 trees
> >> for the contrast of composition. The wooden bridge leads readers' eyes
> >> to the trees. The shadow of trees at the river increases the interest
> >> for the photo. Of course the interest points are the woman & the dog.
> >> It was my thinking while I took this picture.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> OM-4T Black, Zuiko 35mm F2, Kodak E100vs
> >>
> >> http://palmboy.palmcyber.net/gallery/albums/album19/IMG1862_001.jpg
> >>
> >
> >
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