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16-MAY-2004 Matthew Shuter

Time to Breathe by Matt Shuter

Minolta DiMAGE A1
1/250s f/5.6 at 28.7mm iso100 full exif

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Howard Sandler25-May-2004 01:21
Nice balanced composition. It might do well as a black and white too.
adrianox18-May-2004 21:28
nice one matt - looks like a great place to spend some time. The clouds behind the tree complete the balance beautifully.
Matt Shuter18-May-2004 17:41
Thank you all for your kind comments. As I have said the best thing is that I "saw" the picture and it had no post processing whatsoever, just straight out of the camera.

For JDU,
Being the only one in our tribe that can drive, I am not allowed to take the bottles of red on picnics with me. Rest assured that when we got home I did some serious damage to a couple of bottles!! You have to make up for lost time you know!!!
Azure Feast 18-May-2004 14:53
This is a great simple composition. It works wondefully well. Isn't the 28mm of the A1 its greatest asset ?

Marc
niamh 18-May-2004 14:02
I've never been able to get my head round the concept of "zen", but this shot is deceptively simple and the title fits it like a glove. Nice one.

niamh
Konica Minolta Users18-May-2004 13:54
Hi Matt
From a graphic design perspective this is a great photo with the initial drawing of the eye to the tree which is then drawn up the positive slope of the hill to take in the sky and notice the overall stillness of the scene when coming to rest on the bench, (not to mention the great balance acqiured in the composition.) Of course this all happens in an instant and subconsciouslywhen you look at the scene.
More important is the impact,the wonderful Zen feeling of this picture.

Dennis Dangerfield
Guest 18-May-2004 09:39
Hi Matt,
Great to see you're back in. Nice, simple composition. However ... WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?! I'm tearing my hair out looking for the bottle/glass of good red that I KNOW must be somewhere in the vicinity of that seat. Don't tell me you cropped it out, or worse still cloned it out!! JK. Nicely done. :o) Hmm ... perhaps the red wine is closer to the photographer than to the things being photographed. That would make sense. ;o)
The praise is now official as I don't think it counts when it is from a fellow countryman, especially one you bribed with some blue sky and sharp shadows from an unimpeded sun! ;o)
Cheers, John
Matt Shuter18-May-2004 08:19
Thanks for the kind words Simon.
It's even nicer as I "saw" the shot as I walked by and the title was in my head as I took the picture. It doesn't often happen that way, but when it does.....!!
Konica Minolta Users17-May-2004 20:46
DSL


Matt, niiiiiice, says everything without saying anything, great composition.