Interesting, his image is also slightly left of perpendicular. This one certainly emphasizes the tele point you also made. Different lens choice would have made my image completely different. I shot mine at 24mm to get that line - that one you think is boring :) - and include the yellow field as the foreground. The regatta image is using objects as a foreground and the background as a setting. Perhaps, I'm making a technical/aesthetic error in failing to distinguish between setting and subject. But this is hard not to do when the setting is the subject.
Life is slow in these places. A dramatic, menacing, towering backdrop would fail to capture the genuine feel (unless it is a snow-capped peak or craggy stone with sheer verticals, then who cares about farmer?!). There's also a bit of a cyclical element from harvested grain into full growth forest to the right that, although COMPLETELY unnoticed before, also lends to the agrarian pace.
In the regatta image, you have racing boats before dramatic slopes of an equally fast-paced and regimented existence. I like how he's desaturated the backdrop to draw your attention to the boats, but still keeping the land within reach....it's almost like there is no escape from being trapped in a race
BTW, LOVE the full bow shot at Niagra. I tried to get one of those while island hopping off the coast of Sumatra, but later discovered I had been shooting at ISO 1000 all day :(... All my pictures looked like they came out of a Kodak Disc camera!
Oh well...I've really enjoyed this conversation!
"somewhere between zero and one...everything else is exaggeration" - Anonymous
Life is slow in these places. A dramatic, menacing, towering backdrop would fail to capture the genuine feel (unless it is a snow-capped peak or craggy stone with sheer verticals, then who cares about farmer?!). There's also a bit of a cyclical element from harvested grain into full growth forest to the right that, although COMPLETELY unnoticed before, also lends to the agrarian pace.
In the regatta image, you have racing boats before dramatic slopes of an equally fast-paced and regimented existence. I like how he's desaturated the backdrop to draw your attention to the boats, but still keeping the land within reach....it's almost like there is no escape from being trapped in a race
BTW, LOVE the full bow shot at Niagra. I tried to get one of those while island hopping off the coast of Sumatra, but later discovered I had been shooting at ISO 1000 all day :(... All my pictures looked like they came out of a Kodak Disc camera!
Oh well...I've really enjoyed this conversation!
----- Original Message ----
From: Emily L. Ferguson <elf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 11:00:50 AM
Subject: Re: PF members exhibit 09-07-08
At 5:48 PM -0700 9/11/08, Trevor Cunningham wrote:
>Both. These rice terraces run clear up the mountainside. You can
>navigate the entire mountain through rice patties...it's wild.
Here's an image which uses a group of objects in front of a hill to
counteract the levelling effect of going from 3 dimensions to 2.
http://www.regattanews.com/photo_enlarge.asp?id=10383&eid=200&gid=0
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Emily L. Ferguson
mailto:elf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
508-563-6822
New England landscapes, wooden boats and races
http://www.landsedgephoto.com
http://e-and-s.instaproofs.com/
From: Emily L. Ferguson <elf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 11:00:50 AM
Subject: Re: PF members exhibit 09-07-08
At 5:48 PM -0700 9/11/08, Trevor Cunningham wrote:
>Both. These rice terraces run clear up the mountainside. You can
>navigate the entire mountain through rice patties...it's wild.
Here's an image which uses a group of objects in front of a hill to
counteract the levelling effect of going from 3 dimensions to 2.
http://www.regattanews.com/photo_enlarge.asp?id=10383&eid=200&gid=0
--
Emily L. Ferguson
mailto:elf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
508-563-6822
New England landscapes, wooden boats and races
http://www.landsedgephoto.com
http://e-and-s.instaproofs.com/
