Shel,
Thanks for your comments, and I agree with you to a large extent. However, I'm still grappling with the purist thing about how far one should go with excising troublesome objects from a picture.
This isn't a natural scene, and I'm not working for the tourist board. The river bank was turned into a towpath 200 years ago. The gas lamp probably belongs to the 1870s. On the right, the rich live in splendour. Despite apearances, this is in the middle of the biggest city in Europe.
The sky above is always filled with vapour trails because the river is on the flightpath into Heathrow airport.
So, I think that in this crop, the vapour stays. However, I will try a much tighter crop to focus on the wet slabs, as you suggested.
John
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 00:20:25 +0100, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Y'know John, there's a better pic in there somewhere. Perhaps something
more abstract or interesting with just those lovely colored stones and the
small puddle, perhaps a hint of the water. Or perhaps open the shadow a
bit on the right to enhance the atmosphere. Lose the vapor trail. Very
out of place and out of synch.
Shel
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