Bob Talbot <BobTalbot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Bob Talbot >> Mary >> Blue and pink, she looks relaxed. Not so sure about >> the empty field to the left. Something on the wall >> would have been distracting, but something there >> wouldn't leave it so sparse. I like that you left the >> edge on the image. > > Trevor. > > Leaving the edge on is not something I do often - it was more a way of > saying "this is what the camera saw". > > It wasn't a posed portrait, just a snapshot, but for me the was part > of the open space was a part of the image. That's odd 'cause it would > have been so easy to crop it down. As you say, indeed, any object in > the space would have been a distraction. It's just Mary, in her "home" > cardigan, the edge of a door and a blank wall. I have tried cropping > it to portrait format and don't like it half as much. > > > Part of why I posted it to the gallery was to see what people made of > the non-standard composition. It's front on but off centre. It does > seem to have flash (but I can't remember now) as David spotted. I thought about composition and decided my analysis skills didn't get me far enough towards explaining why it worked, and thought I'd quit while I'm ahead. *Can* anybody explain why it works? (Or what it doesn't; but that'll be harder since I think it does pretty well.) > As to Chris's "character study" comment. Isn't that a euphemism for > ugly in acting circles ? :o) Well, sort-of; I think it means "ugly, and I'm jealous that they're working and I'm not" :-) -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
