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Wow, thanks for the interest comments, something to
think about. Morley
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Roberts
>This is one tenth point short of pure excellence. If the camera had been >tilted just that little bit to include the whole reflection on the left, >even to cut off the blue black shadows of the forest behind the water, it >would be on the best seller list in any >gallery. I almost sold one similar at that Carmel gallery I ran. The >photographer had made five prints of a very similar scene, with a second >Egret off to the far right and in the distance. On the one of five, he >decided NOT to spot out some of the reeds spotted out in the first four that >accented that distant bird, >because . . . well, because as an artist he just wanted another variation. >A couple liked the print off the wall, and like a courteous gallery >salesman, I decided to show them all the prints to let them choose. >Disaster! In that one print, Mrs. Finickey saw those extra white 'spots' >that were reeds and determined the artist's lack of consistency meant his >prints were not worth it. Well, he was Ansel Adams' very first lab >assistant, had done some very inspiring things in his life and influenced >many photographers so had the credits; but it's just that little one >centimeter of . . . in this case tilt down that knocks it out of the best >seller bin. >What else can I say? Thanks Andy for the gallery. >Steve Shapiro -- |
