At 9:01am On One Lovely Day In Oklahoma Were Tears * Traveller photo

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02-NOV-2002	Traveller

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Guest		17-Apr-2006 18:44
Very nice shot Traveller! To make your cropping decisions even harder, I think I'd crop a bit of the top off. Somewhere between 1/3 to 1/2 of the sky above the 'main structure'... It has to do with balance and there is nothing going on in the sky, not even a gradient.

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Apr-2006 13:00
Not having seen the originally posted picture, I find myself wondering what you guys are talking about. -- Victor

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Apr-2006 10:37
Thanks Matt...lol...work, work, work! I myself wondered what the red was...upon looking at the full sized image at that spot, it isn't me reflecting off the water, though it was cold as hell and I was in my red ski jacket...instead...ta da!....it is a man and his young child looking into the monument. When I'd doing straight photography I do hate to do too much PS'ing...not even clonning if I can avoid it. Maybe tomorrow I will remove them, I don't know. Thanks again, Best Wishes, Traveller

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Apr-2006 10:21
Well, well. That is a clean & simple photo that looks great... :-) Matt PS: cropping is not all that bad after all? :-) PS2: were you wearing red?

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Apr-2006 10:17
Yes, there is a little better Symmetry this way...but God knows, these never ending crop decisions are difficult....lol. Does this version resolve your concerns? Just Curious. Best Wishes, Traveller

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Apr-2006 09:59
Dear Jim: Looking at this even closer by using my browser as a crop tool, I could crop this even tighter, taking out the reverse 9:01 reflecting in the water. That might work. I'm thinking on it...Best Wishes, Traveller

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Apr-2006 09:53
Jim, I've looked at the original image and I thought that this may simply be Tripod set-up problem and there was no more foreground to be had. But that is not the case. For whatever optical reason, a ripple in the water, the wind passing over the reflecting pool or whatnot, the light lines begin to vere off at a 30 degree angle toward the left of the frame. This added motion to a static subject and just stood out, drawing your eye away from the 9:01 that is the subject of the picture. In effect, the viewer would be going, What is that at the bottom of the frame? That doesn't look right...and it didn't. So, an artistic choice had to be made, and the crop was done. Thanks for the thoughtful comment though. Real Best Wishes, Traveller

Canon DSLR Challenge		17-Apr-2006 09:41
I love this shot. As I said in my post to the thread, it has a strong main theme which is supported by ever finer details which are, in my opinion, in harmony with the main pattern. The niggle I have with it is that my eye yearns to see the reflection of the main structure not be cut off at the bottom of the shot. For whatever reason, I want to believe that I'm seeing the whole thing. Just a little strip of the "foreground" running along the bottom of the frame, enclosing the main subject, and keeping it within the photo is what my eye wants to see for some reason. I can't explain why that is, either! Jim H.