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Comment by DRM098 posted on Murky day in Cornwall at 27/02/2010 - 22:57
I was drawn particularly to the diagonal formed by the cliffs, the sense of distance created by the spray mist in the distance and the overall brooding atmosphere.
I'm not sure that the eye doesn't know where to settle. As I see it you see the engine house on the cliff first, then the diagonal draws your eye to the rocks in the distance. Then you follow along the cliffs and so back round.
But... Is the sky TOO flat? There is some detail there but I wonder if it could do with livening up a bit.
[IMG]http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm230/drm098/_IGP3714_edited-1.jpg[/IMG]
K10 with Sigma 18-200 at 30mm.
I'm not sure that the eye doesn't know where to settle. As I see it you see the engine house on the cliff first, then the diagonal draws your eye to the rocks in the distance. Then you follow along the cliffs and so back round.
But... Is the sky TOO flat? There is some detail there but I wonder if it could do with livening up a bit.
[IMG]http://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm230/drm098/_IGP3714_edited-1.jpg[/IMG]
K10 with Sigma 18-200 at 30mm.
Comment by DRM098 posted on Murky day in Cornwall at 26/02/2010 - 16:00
It's things like this that start the nostalgia going - big time!
I started with a 6X6 folder, can't remember the make but probably a Kodak or Agfa. My mum bought it for me when I went on my first school trip abroad (to Innsbruck & Venice) in 1961. I still have some of the Agfa transparencies from that trip. I progressed to a Praktica SLR - I still have a couple of the M42 lenses. Then lost my way with various Olympus models and a battery gobbling Nikon compact digital until a couple of years ago when I saw the light and became a born again Pentax owner, why didn't I get one before?
One valuable aspect of those basic cameras was the way they helped me learn photographic skills. Once learnt never forgotten.
David
I started with a 6X6 folder, can't remember the make but probably a Kodak or Agfa. My mum bought it for me when I went on my first school trip abroad (to Innsbruck & Venice) in 1961. I still have some of the Agfa transparencies from that trip. I progressed to a Praktica SLR - I still have a couple of the M42 lenses. Then lost my way with various Olympus models and a battery gobbling Nikon compact digital until a couple of years ago when I saw the light and became a born again Pentax owner, why didn't I get one before?
One valuable aspect of those basic cameras was the way they helped me learn photographic skills. Once learnt never forgotten.
David
Comment by DRM098 posted on Your first camera at 11/01/2010 - 16:41
I'll try a mono conversion and put it on here.
John, I sort of agree with you, I reckon it would have been better if the cliff top had a curve in it so that there was less sky.
Roy, it's interesting how different people see a picture in different ways, I guess that I see the engine house first as I'm into industrial archeology!
David