Re: Canyon de Chelly area...2 images

I hope you don't mind me being 100% honest. The second photograph (horse, rider, dog, etc.) is wonderful. But the first photograph, of the woman, misses the mark. The burned-out pony tail is where your eyes automatically go. It is impossible to look at her face for more than a second, then the bright white light sucks your eyes right back to the burned out pony tail. And the fact that her face is on the left, your eyes move to the right toward the bright white light, then move right off of the photograph. It takes an effort to move your eyes back to her face, then the process starts all over again. We read left to right. Our brain wants to move our eyes left to right.
Had she been looking the other way, it would be more difficult for your eyes to move from her face to the white pony tail - but they would - and then it is easier for your eyes to move back to her face. In this orientation, your eyes do not automatically scan right off of the page (photograph). But even this way, the burned out white will suck your eyes away from her face. The burned-out pony tail is neither the subject nor should it be the center of one's attention. But unfortunately, it is. 

IMHO,

Jim




At 11:55 AM 6/23/2007 -0700, Steve Barbour wrote:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/chelly/womansepia.jpg.html


http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/chelly/vista.jpg.html



M7  s'cron 90mm/2 APO ASPH


thanks for looking,


Steve



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