Elgenper wrote:
There is indeed a Minor White image (p 82 in "Mirrors, messages, manifestations") from almost the same angle, even with the same dead branch in the foreground, and I would be surprised if Edward Weston didn´t have some, too. Does that make any other image taken there superfluous? Of course not! (I could not resist it myself when visiting, although I almost saw Minor´s tripod holes in the ground..). The strict rules of the place, while probably necessary, are incredibly frustrating when trying to photograph there. Only the "Weston Beach" area gives some measure of positional freedom.
W R Gill´s image uses colour to an advantage, while the others were B/W. Those incredible nuances in the sea are lost in B/W, and so is much of the rock detail. The composition is quite interesting here, with the horizon as a radius in the loop of branches to the left, and the distant shore as a counterpoint, also the way those two lower branches dovetail with the outcrops of the rock. I actually prefer it to Minor´s centered composition with the lines of the branch and the rock mixed up.
IMHO, this one is the best contribution we´ve had so far from WR Gill. Congratulations on solving a very difficult photographic problem in such an innovative and pleasing way!
Per Öfverbeck http://foto.ofverbeck.se
2004-05-02 kl. 17.09 skrev WRGill@xxxxxxx:
Don Robert's, asked:
Hmm, wasn't there another picture or two made around there? and,
Were there other angles available to you?
And WR's answer; Point Lobos is in my backyard, so to speak, and I spend a
lot of my free time there. It's in away become strictly controlled, to preserve
it's beauty, with "Rules," one must always stay behind certain areas, that is
to say even though you can see the tripod holes necessary to shoot the photo,
you can't get there from here, (smile). This particular shot, was shot from a
point that even had I had the ability to swing by my tail, I don't think I
could have improved the shot, ( even a bigger smile).
There's countless other shots available here, I only hope as many folks out
there that can make it to this location, will come and experience the beauty
that abounds here at Point Lobos State Reserve, just south of Carmel,
California. WRGill
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