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5 Comments

1. chornig
   January 11, 2006 at 6:58 pm

   I agree, I like the light, and I also like the balance of th epicture, it’s kind of more formal, some of your pictures lately have been somewhat offbalance, not that that’s always a bad things. I almost think this would be a better photo whithout the people on the bench, although it might become too generic then

2. Jandl
   January 12, 2006 at 10:19 am

   This is quite good. I agree with the Chorn: the formality is well-used. I actually think the people add weight to the corner and certainly add interest. Hyper, as Mme. Ladimer would say.

3. Andy
   January 12, 2006 at 11:12 am

   I find it interesting that the mot juste here is “formal,” seeing as how that’s exactly what I thought when I first brought it up on my camera’s screen. That and “stable”, as the Chorn suggested. But that’s probably why I like it so much. Pretty much I’m just mumbling.

4. gorsk
   January 12, 2006 at 5:19 pm

   I have two questions. 1) Did you shoot this in color or in b/w? 2) How much did you adjust the curves, if at all? I am just quite impressed by the clarity of light in the photo…but I really have no idea what I am talking about. Ha.

5. Andy
   January 12, 2006 at 7:22 pm

   Gorsk –

   My camera does not have the option of shooting in b&w, so this was, like all the othees, originally in color, which is just as well, because I like having control over the conversion using things like curves and the red, green, and blue channels.

   So, yes, I do adjust the curves and sharpness and such for every photo I take, but most of the time the whole reason I took the photo is the light on or around the subject, which is the case here. The sun was setting and was between the clouds and the horizon for just this moment, and I saw the glow on the people and I took a photo before I could think about it.