Hi Shel, the entire letter should be read with big smileys at the end of each sentence :-D
> Is it not enough just to know the youngsters are playing some kid's > sidewalk game? Is it important to the image to know exactly what they're > doing? Or is it just your curiosity? Could you not use your imagination > a > little and relate this scene to one from your childhood, playing with your > friends in a similar situation? What games did you play? ofcourse its enough to just know the kids are playing some kids games its not important to know exactly what they're doing. it is my curiosity (I am fairly curious, generally speaking). I could use my imagination.... maybe marbles in this case. > To me, clearly showing the setting in which the kids are playing, is the > main thrust of the photograph ... a pleasant afternoon in the shade of a > tree on a clear summer afternoon. Exactly what they're doing is > secondary. > It's rather hard to zoom in with a 24mm prime lens, so that option was out > ;-)) How much do you think the photo should be cropped and enlarged to > show more of what you want to see? agreed. facts regarding limitations noted - that it was a prime lens, and just a quick shot from within the car. I mentioned about getting closer/zooming in/crop because the subject line reads 'kids in the street'. And the pic opens up with the header 'kids playing in street'. for me, it looked like we need to get more of that (kids playing in the street) and less of the other stuff (like the house on the side, some of the foreground, and sky on the right upper). my crop would thus be just a wee bit beyond the tree - allowing it to make a border, just a bit above the bushy tree on the right - eliminating part of the sky, and less of the foreground. please note: the above are just immediate 'gut feeling' observations on quickly viewing the pic. I thought of the degree of crop/zoom and all other answers only after you specifically asked. these ofcourse, may not make good sense as I have not done much street photography. :-) regards, Sridhar >> [Original Message] >> From: gibikote > >> I'd like to see a bit more of what the kids are >> actually doing. which would mean zooming in... >> otherwise, fine :-) >> >> Sridhar >> http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/kidsinstreet.html > >> This is essentially a proof print. I'm still deciding a bit on the >> tonality and a few small details. > >> istDS, K24/2.8, 1/400 sec @ f/8, ISO 400 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
