Friday, March 24, 2006

Fenced

Nikon D100


--Warren

4 Comments:

Blogger Eric said...

Nice photo. I like the way the fence just gradually disappears.

Ej

Friday, March 24, 2006 at 7:50:00 AM PST  
Blogger SteveR said...

I agree with Eric - I really like this one, too. You rendered the fog and the "disappearing act" so well.

I also like the way you've abstracted this scene to a combination of simple shapes (hey, how about that for Art School Talk, Eric? ;-) - and you know how much I like that sort of thing.

One suggestion you might try - I covered up a small part of the right-hand edge - so that the entire pole- the one with the knob at the top- is just barely included. I found that I liked the overall composition better when I didn't see that little separate bit of fencing mesh at the extreme right.

-- SteveR

Friday, March 24, 2006 at 9:18:00 AM PST  
Blogger Warren T. said...

Thanks guys.

My original crop on this shot showed more of the fence on the right side including a yellow "Caution" sign.

My next crop was exactly like Steve suggested.

While reviewing that one, I decided that it felt "incomplete" to me (I don't know why, it's just a feeling). It felt a bit too static.

So on this final crop, I showed a bit more of the fence on the right. I felt that it gave a "beginning" to the leftward flow, and it gave a hint at what was on the right side of the scene (outside of the picture). I guess it "opens" the image on the right side, in Gestalt terms. So perhaps for me, it "flows" better.

Or maybe I just had too much coffee this morning :).

--Warren

Friday, March 24, 2006 at 9:38:00 AM PST  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The fog kind of sucessfully added an "open to imagination" mood to this simple yet thought-catching shot. The title did put in more.PAT

Sunday, March 26, 2006 at 5:41:00 AM PST  

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