Tuesday Afternoon and Nothing to Do

[Karm Redland]

Comments welcomed.



Karm

[Manfred M]

Hi Karm - this is a shot where I think a vignette would be a good approach. If find that the background is a bit busy and detracts from the subject; i.e. the man sitting in the chair fishing.

I'm thinking along the lines of this to help direct the viewer's eyes on the subject:

[Marie Hass]

Karm,

As I scrolled down and the top of the page came further down your image, it occurred to me to wonder if a tighter crop might be more successful at controlling the "busy-ness" of your image? I love the feel and black and white is perfect for this picture.

Marie

[Karm Redland]

Hi Marie, I'm going to try your suggestion.

Karm

[Karm Redland]

Hi Manfred, Marie suggested I try a tighter focus on the fisherman. I'm going to try her suggestion and then play with your vignetting suggestion.

Karm

[Manfred M]

Hi Manfred, Marie suggested I try a tighter focus on the fisherman. I'm going to try her suggestion and then play with your vignetting suggestion.

Karm

Karm - I actually started off with a crop; but tried a different technique because it altered the mood of the image so much.

This is what I started with, but did not post.




A lot of different techniques work; it really depends on your interpretation of the scene.

[Marie Hass]

Dear Karm,

This is more what I saw when I made my suggestion.

I hope that you don't mind that I took the liberty to edit your image.



Marie

[Geoff F]

Yes, my first thoughts were similar to what Marie has done. Although with a reduced size, I wonder if the vignette is needed now.

[Karm Redland]

Marie, this is a crack-up. I just got home from hiking and sat down and edited this image. I then just went on-line to post it and there's your image which is (almost) exactly like mine. No, I don't mine you playing with my image. Anyone reading this I think Marie's image is so right-on that I'm not going to bother posting my update.

Karm

[Karm Redland]

Manfred, I think yours is a bit too tightly drawn to the subject. However, like you said, it all depends on what you are trying to say.

Karm

[Marie Hass]

Thank you for the kind words, Karm. Your picture is lovely. Is this someone you know?

Because of the relative anonyminity (sp) of the man, I expected that you did not. Did he even know that you took his picture? He seemed rather engrossed in his own world.

Marie

[Manfred M]

Karm - I wasn't trying to get the perfect image here, just to demonstrate how changing the crop can totally change the way you view the image. When I photograph; I tend to approach a subject much the way I do when I video a scene, getting different types of coverage; establishing shots the set the scene, long, shots, close shots and extreme closeups, just because they all interpret the scene differently..

[Marie Hass]

Dear Manfred,

Your words are so very true - if you look at our 3 crops, they do interpret Karm's image so very differently.

I agree on the importance of examining our subjects from all perspectives.

Marie

[Karm Redland]

I decided to post a version of Marie's image with a bit more light. Comments welcomed.



Karm

[Geoff F]

That edit looks good to me.