----- Original Message ----- From: "rand flory" > Guy Glorieux [unnamed] > I like this a lot. Bordering on the surreal <snip> Each of the foreground > objects was placed expertly in just the right location to balance one another. > <snip> It almost seems to be too good to be true. > But there is one distraction I could do without. The vertical pole above the > chair on the left jars the senses into a reality that does not fit with the > remainder of the image. Still, this is a great photograph. > Thanks for the review, Rand, I really like this picture too. Quite apart from the surrealist feeling it is charged with, to me it's the icon of "soft wilderness" holidays: a day at the lake, far from the madness of the city... I shot the picture as it was: everything was there waiting to be photographed. I just "saw" it and grabbed my camera. All I did was to chose the right lens (20 or 24mm, can't remember) and move around until I got the right composition. But then I missed seeing the vertical pole... Rats... Oh well, maybe a little bit of Photoshop can fix it... Happy day, Guy
