Ummm. Thank you for your comment as to what you would have done, but I said nothing about PS nor how I used it here.
I chose to leave the chair as it was precisely to suggest its reflection by means of actually showing the reflection of the window. Maybe I was too subtle. And I left all the debris to emphasize the contradiction between it and the chair. Also maybe too subtle.
Also, in this forum, although maybe some members ought to be told how to change their behavior, we consider it irrelevant and improper to suggest it.
On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I agree that the caption is weak, as it suggests that chairs in general move or are flexible in doing their jobs. But the concept of the shot is fine, although I do wish the photographer had pulled back a bit more to give the room more dimension along the wall with the windows. I guess it was shot on a tripod, and if so, why couldn’t the shot include more darkness from the left side of the room?On Mar 31, 2014, at 2:00 PM, John Palcewski wrote:Yoram Gelman, Inactive Chair at former Scranton Lace Factory, Scranton, Pennsylvania. The image is one thing, the caption is another. The image speaks for itself. Abandonment, ruin, etc. The caption, IMO, is an unconvincing fiction.Art should present a bit of mystery and as such, I would have repositioned the chair (since none of us were there, how would we know it was moved?) to make its reflection in the water on the floor stronger. I might also have done a bit of cleaning, either by actually picking up the scrapped pipes, or by doing so in PS. Again, as none of us are there, what’s the harm with making the shot stronger? It’s not ‘cheating’.It is OK to do so, as it might have provided more mystery. But since you like to tell us about your excursions into PS, that’s part of your behavior you need to change. We don’t need or want to know every bloody little whit you fiddle with in a shot. Practice the 7-P’s and you’ll do better: Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance.
Art Faul
