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From: Peter on 17 Apr 2010 10:31 "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:tihas59h0cl8tafd866v327hj5k9sof05n(a)4ax.com... > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/f8__be_there > > The Coe Family - Grouping them together, all interesting shots of > water where it shouldn't be (with one exception), but taken with a > good eye to what else is in the shot. I hope Mr Sisker sees Martha's > gristmill photo to see how a shot like this should be composed. > Bob_Coe1 creates an interesting mood. I would like it a lot better if the foreground on the left was less bright. somehow I think it's distracting. At first I had a problem with the ladder on the building, but decided it tells a story. -- Peter
From: Bowser on 17 Apr 2010 13:19 On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:02:00 -0400, Robert Coe <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote: >On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:45:43 -0400, Bowser <Canon(a)Nikon.Panny> wrote: >: On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:20:03 -0400, tony cooper >: <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >: >: >http://www.pbase.com/shootin/f8__be_there >: > >: >: > >: >Bowser - Love coke machine. That mass of bright color against the >: >background is effective. I'd crop the right side with that whitish >: >area. It competes with the coke machine. The man on the rocks >: >doesn't really have a central point of focus. The flood scene right >: >up there with the Coe's shots. >: >: The contrast of the Coke machine against the background was what drew >: me to that shot. Of course, if I was able to get there during the fire >: it would have been quite a shot, but the FD closed the roads due to >: the intensity of the fire. >: >: I guess the guy on the rocks worked better when I was there, watching >: him and his wife ignore the warnings of many of us and get (nearly) >: knocked off the rocks by a big roller. It was cold and windy, they got >: soaked, we were all amused. >: >: The water shot worked for me because of the uniqueness of the >: situation, and the colors. Somewhat flat, but kind of "earthy" and >: muted. The water is down now, fortunately. I posted a copy of this pic >: in the local general store, and got about 500 requests for prints. The >: locals love floods, I guess. > >I liked that picture a lot. It particularly complemented the ones my wife and >I submitted, because we didn't manage to get both a raging waterfall and >actual flooding in the same shot. > >Bob We did get dumped on, didn't we? I'm looking forward to a long dry spell... I hope.
From: Peter on 17 Apr 2010 14:54 "Bowser" <Canon(a)Nikon.Panny> wrote in message news:lcrjs5h1e54qv57uteve94g9i7m1crm7sd(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:02:00 -0400, Robert Coe <bob(a)1776.COM> wrote: > >>On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:45:43 -0400, Bowser <Canon(a)Nikon.Panny> wrote: >>: On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:20:03 -0400, tony cooper >>: <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >>: >>: >http://www.pbase.com/shootin/f8__be_there >>: > >>: >>: > >>: >Bowser - Love coke machine. That mass of bright color against the >>: >background is effective. I'd crop the right side with that whitish >>: >area. It competes with the coke machine. The man on the rocks >>: >doesn't really have a central point of focus. The flood scene right >>: >up there with the Coe's shots. >>: >>: The contrast of the Coke machine against the background was what drew >>: me to that shot. Of course, if I was able to get there during the fire >>: it would have been quite a shot, but the FD closed the roads due to >>: the intensity of the fire. >>: >>: I guess the guy on the rocks worked better when I was there, watching >>: him and his wife ignore the warnings of many of us and get (nearly) >>: knocked off the rocks by a big roller. It was cold and windy, they got >>: soaked, we were all amused. >>: >>: The water shot worked for me because of the uniqueness of the >>: situation, and the colors. Somewhat flat, but kind of "earthy" and >>: muted. The water is down now, fortunately. I posted a copy of this pic >>: in the local general store, and got about 500 requests for prints. The >>: locals love floods, I guess. >> >>I liked that picture a lot. It particularly complemented the ones my wife >>and >>I submitted, because we didn't manage to get both a raging waterfall and >>actual flooding in the same shot. >> >>Bob > > We did get dumped on, didn't we? I'm looking forward to a long dry > spell... > > I hope. Not too long, we all hope. I would not like the Ipswich Wadi. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Was_the_sahara_desert_a_ocean -- Peter
From: Robert Coe on 17 Apr 2010 23:51
On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 10:31:51 -0400, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: : "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message : news:tihas59h0cl8tafd866v327hj5k9sof05n(a)4ax.com... : > http://www.pbase.com/shootin/f8__be_there : > : > The Coe Family - Grouping them together, all interesting shots of : > water where it shouldn't be (with one exception), but taken with a : > good eye to what else is in the shot. I hope Mr Sisker sees Martha's : > gristmill photo to see how a shot like this should be composed. : : Bob_Coe1 creates an interesting mood. I would like it a lot better if the : foreground on the left was less bright. somehow I think it's distracting. At : first I had a problem with the ladder on the building, but decided it tells : a story. I couldn't figure out the function of the ladder. The basement, if any, of the house was obviously flooded, but I don't think the first floor was. The ladder seemed to be there in case one had to get in and out through the second floor window, but in those conditions the only way to get to the house at all would have been by boat. If I'd had my druthers, I think I'd have cropped the ladder out. But I would have lost too much of the house. A week (and a couple more inches of rain) after I took that picture, my wife and I went back to the spot to see if anything had changed. (She tells me that in the meantime every TV station in Boston had been there.) The water has actually a little higher and had come around to the left of the house. But the highway department had put out big orange cones, etc., so the photo ops were not as good. Bob |