Thanks! I appreciate your comment. I will look at cropping the image to eliminate the dark band.
Tina
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 9:15 PM, YGelmanPhoto <ygelmanphoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Tina Manley - Rice Paddies, II
This is terrific -- but I feel I must say this. . . The dark edge of the paddy near the top of the image has to be the edge of the image with nothing beyond. When I eliminate that top sliver on my screen, I think it's great. (And notice the worker is not centered in the frame. :-) )
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 9:15 PM, YGelmanPhoto <ygelmanphoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Bob McCulloch - Boat at the Cuckolds
I'm afraid I have to agree against centering the "center of interest". When physically centered, it becomes static (unless there is enough going on around it, making it a part of something else). But I guess that's Bob's preference. Just moving the center of interest off center, however, is not enough. Bob is right that there would be no balance in this case. . . so something else should be included to "balance" everything. . . a shadow or another float or . . .something.Tina Manley - Rice Paddies, II
This is terrific -- but I feel I must say this. . . The dark edge of the paddy near the top of the image has to be the edge of the image with nothing beyond. When I eliminate that top sliver on my screen, I think it's great. (And notice the worker is not centered in the frame. :-) )On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Robert J McCulloch <bobmcculloch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Jan, back at the main computer again and I can answer, I do seem to center most center of interest, I know it's considered wrong, just how I see things I guess, the shot is a 2 frame composite, and it just doesn't balance with any other cropping, Thank you for looking and being interested enough to comment, Bob
On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Jan Faul <jan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:[. . .]I like Bob McCulloch’s shot too, but I wonder why it is that the focal point always has to be in the center of the frame? Perhaps the term ’negative space’ is misunderstood?
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