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Re: [OM] Light at Home

Subject: Re: [OM] Light at Home
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:03:31 +0100
That's a kind invitation, Sharpish Moose, and I hope sincerely that I  
shall be able to do that one day.
On 28 Mar 2009, at 04:10, Moose wrote:

> Chris Barker wrote:
>> Thanks, Moose.  I was able to see your place in my mind's eye,  
>> especially with your description of the afternoon light.
>>
>
> If you ever get over in this neck of the woods, do drop in.
>
>> I like all bar the details of the covers.  The last one, Still Life  
>> with Annie, could have done without the knob on the right-hand  
>> side, but I like the overall composition and light.
>>
>
> I tried cropping it out, but didn't like the result. If I cut it all
> out, the clock right against the edge of the image doesn't look good  
> to
> me. Cut out only part, and it is even less identifiable and odd.  
> Part of
> the tiny project was to use only found objects, without setting them  
> up,
> so i didn't just move it. It is, by the way, designed to be a rolling
> foot massager. I don't like it much for that, but grab a stick and  
> it's
> a pretty good rhythm instrument.

I love impromptu rhythm instruments.  As I mentioned a few years ago,  
there was a large line printer in the computer room where I once  
worked: the horizontal surfaces on that helped me pass many an  
otherwise boring period of computer dump in the small hours.

>
>> Oh, and none of them is too sharp ... :-)
>>
>
> Yeah, sigh. I don't know what to do about that. The thing is - I have
> 20-10 or better combined vision. So the world just looks sharper to  
> me.
> I know this 'cause when I cover the 20/20 eye, everything gets sorta
> soft. I wish there were a way to demonstrate the opposite for others.
>
> Anyway, I try, really I do, not to overdo the sharpness for web  
> images,
> but darn it! They just don't look right, or like I recall the  
> subjects.
>
Thanks, and they look lovely :-)

> A. Sharpish Moose
> -- 
Chris
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