What if you were to make the cityscape fuzzier and a bit lower
contrast? For me the whiteness of the buildings works, but having it a
little less specific would keep the focus in the park.
- Serena
Guy Glorieux wrote:
Thanks, Darin.
Now I'm caught between your comment on the appropriateness of the city
background and Charles's comment that he found it distracting. So I
went to CS2 and replaced the urban background with a nature-like
background. As to be expected, the picture is dramatically
different. Nothing close to what I had intended to portray. It was
intended to be a park-in-the-city picture and it does not work otherwise.
What I did find interesting when shooting this picture was the
combination of colors (red, green, orange and yellow), the interaction
between the couple and the single man (it took me several pictures
pefore people materialized in an appropriate way), the interaction
between the central vertical of the tree and the several contour lines
of the terrain all interacting with the water in the foreground. I
guess this all remains true.
Thanks again,
Guy
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"Colours of Fall" - Guy Glorieux
Guy, this aptly named photo is remarkable on several different levels.
First, and most obvious, is the splattering of color across the frame
synonymous with the onward marching of autumn. A few pedestrians
punctuate
the image, which forces a relationship between themselves and the
viewer,
and the peek at urban life in the background gives a sense of harmony
between Nature and Society. Eliminate the people, eliminate the city,
and it
is a very empty image. You have done well, sir!
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