A Moment of Zen by Canon DSLR Challenge


18-SEP-2005	Traveller

Since this wasn't made for this Challenge, I am just presuming that it fits...I think so.

Canon EOS 350D
1/200s f/4.0 at 200.0mm iso800 full exif

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Guest		24-Oct-2007 21:21
Sometimes you have to just let go yourself from all the restrictions and rules that keep us bonded and let the inner eye see its own thing.... this must be one of those times... Trav, this is one of the best works I have seen from you. Nothing short of execellllllent!!!!!!! Very Zen like as you have said!! -Cat

Canon DSLR Challenge		20-Oct-2007 14:08
I Love it, just as it is. I think that sometimes we regard the 'rule' of thirds as a rule, rather than the often helpful guideline that it is. This one feels right to me as it is. I love the expanse of water that draws the eye to the fisher, and I love the equally expansive horizon on either side of him. Had he been decentered, we wouldn't have the same impression of limitless horizon. That's probably too much analysis (that's the influence of my job). Let's just leave it at I love it. All the best Alastair

Canon DSLR Challenge		20-Oct-2007 12:45
Certainly is a high impact image trav. What is incredible about it is that there is absolutely nothing under 80 to 90, just some grey scale detail and highlights. I works for me and I like it, perhaps because it has a strong portrayal of remoteness. That, to me makes the expanse of 'ice' legitimate. There is no detail there just 255 all round but it is not 'negative space'... ...its representative of...!... and leaves one to complete the story. I do, however admit that my initial vision would have cropped it and turned it into a panorama. It is a very provocative image to some extent. I'll be interested in the thoughts of others as well. ~ Regards Melbob

Canon DSLR Challenge		20-Oct-2007 11:16
Thanks Michael and Michael...but I think that Michael...and Michael...both have a point. I see it in myself, my images don't often follow the rule of thirds...I see myself centering an image during a crop and I go, "Ooops, there I go again." I think I do it for balance in the image, and this is a general failing of my photography. I suppose that Mikey has seen it before and has a lingering problem with this tendency within myself. Yet, because I usually like everything in the frame, centering is not the end of the world, and the rule of thirds is not the be all and end all...Here I have placed the horizon at the upper third, but the subject is centered because... It is a Moment of Zen. Balance within the frame, leading the eye towards the upper center is exactly my intention. So it works here, though maybe not always. Thanks again, Traveller

Guest		20-Oct-2007 05:30
Oh, I like this so very much. This is amongst your best, Traveller. I will dissent with mikey and tell you that I love this very strong composition. -Michael

Canon DSLR Challenge		20-Oct-2007 03:35
It definitely fits, Trav. Cool image! I'd have cropped it so the man in the boat is on a third as well as the horizon is; preferably the right-hand third. Just my $o.02 Cheers, -mikey