From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Balance is a bourgeois concept <LOL>.
No - it's a compositional element that either enhances the visual effect or detracts from it. Like sharpness.
Landscapes and nature photography (flowers, trees, birds, waterfalls, etc.)
have no need to be interpreted. They are more or less representational,
reflecting what the photographer has seen.
I don't see your shot as a nature shot, but I see lots of room for interpretation in landscapes and nature shots in general. The best ones speak in a more refined language of visual cues and composition, and subtlety is lost on some viewers, but it's there. Others are, as you note, purely representational. The same can be said of on-nature shots as well.
I never saw this as a landscape or nature photography.
I do see your image as a landscape, but not as a nature shot per se. The central visual element is the mist and light and the really nice composition of the trail.. Like I said - it's very painterly, which I mean as a compliment. I do think there are some weak aspects to the composition that hold it back a bit, but I still like the shot. Or digital creation - whichever it is.
Just my 2 cents.
- MCC
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mark Cassino Photography
Kalamazoo, MI
www.markcassino.com
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: Path of Dreams - Neither PAW nor PESO
[Original Message] From: Mark Cassino
Very painterly image, Shel. Creates a great feel. It does strike me as little off balance - all the leaves on one side, so few on the other, the bright sky and the dark corner. But still a cool image.
> http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/path.jpg (500k) > > http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/path-s.jpg (150k)
