From: Tim Conway on

"Ben Dover" <bdover(a)somewhere.org> wrote in message
news:5gk056l18e55njofakmisnqobcpdfmrgm4(a)4ax.com...
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:22:41 -0700 (PDT), DanP <dan.petre(a)hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>On Jul 28, 11:28 am, Ben Dover <bdo...(a)somewhere.org> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:06:23 +0100, Bruce <docnews2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:17:15 -0500, Ben Dover <bdo...(a)somewhere.org>
>>> >wrote:
>>> >>Find a small shaft of sunlight breaking through the canopy in some
>>> >>deep
>>> >>dark woods and you may find butterflies basking in the last rays of
>>> >>the
>>> >>late evening sun. A Comma butterfly doing just that.
>>>
>>> >><http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/4837011284_86f09633bd_b.jpg>
>>>
>>> >Beautiful lighting. A very nice shot. Thanks for posting.
>>>
>>> What about the lighting in this one, another basking pose and
>>> angle-composition theme (to reflect this representative of the
>>> "Angled-winged Butterfly Family").
>>>
>>> <http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/4837286834_9b6dd0bffb_b.jpg>
>>>
>>> I liked the way the dark cracks in the bark lead the eye to their
>>> respective subject/shadow counterparts. I have about a dozen of these to
>>> play with. I just couldn't decide (and it seems neither could the
>>> butterfly
>>> decide), just which shadow created the most interesting shapes and
>>> angles
>>> as it struck about a dozen different wing-angle and body-angle poses
>>> while
>>> watching its shadow.
>>>
>>> Though the high jpg-compression badly polka-dotted the colors in the
>>> wings
>>> it's the composition that I thought might be interesting.
>>
>>First one is great, the shape of the wings is clear.
>>Try a square crop on it.
>>
>>The second one has too much detail in the bark and my eye is atracted
>>by the shadow too much.
>>
>>DanP
>
> You know absolutely NOTHING about composition. If your own photography
> wasn't proof enough, thanks for proving it again.
>
And you know nothing about humanity.

From: Ben Dover on
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:59:17 -0400, "Tim Conway" <tconway_113(a)comcast.net>
wrote:

>
>"Ben Dover" <bdover(a)somewhere.org> wrote in message
>news:5gk056l18e55njofakmisnqobcpdfmrgm4(a)4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:22:41 -0700 (PDT), DanP <dan.petre(a)hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Jul 28, 11:28 am, Ben Dover <bdo...(a)somewhere.org> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:06:23 +0100, Bruce <docnews2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:17:15 -0500, Ben Dover <bdo...(a)somewhere.org>
>>>> >wrote:
>>>> >>Find a small shaft of sunlight breaking through the canopy in some
>>>> >>deep
>>>> >>dark woods and you may find butterflies basking in the last rays of
>>>> >>the
>>>> >>late evening sun. A Comma butterfly doing just that.
>>>>
>>>> >><http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/4837011284_86f09633bd_b.jpg>
>>>>
>>>> >Beautiful lighting. A very nice shot. Thanks for posting.
>>>>
>>>> What about the lighting in this one, another basking pose and
>>>> angle-composition theme (to reflect this representative of the
>>>> "Angled-winged Butterfly Family").
>>>>
>>>> <http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/4837286834_9b6dd0bffb_b.jpg>
>>>>
>>>> I liked the way the dark cracks in the bark lead the eye to their
>>>> respective subject/shadow counterparts. I have about a dozen of these to
>>>> play with. I just couldn't decide (and it seems neither could the
>>>> butterfly
>>>> decide), just which shadow created the most interesting shapes and
>>>> angles
>>>> as it struck about a dozen different wing-angle and body-angle poses
>>>> while
>>>> watching its shadow.
>>>>
>>>> Though the high jpg-compression badly polka-dotted the colors in the
>>>> wings
>>>> it's the composition that I thought might be interesting.
>>>
>>>First one is great, the shape of the wings is clear.
>>>Try a square crop on it.
>>>
>>>The second one has too much detail in the bark and my eye is atracted
>>>by the shadow too much.
>>>
>>>DanP
>>
>> You know absolutely NOTHING about composition. If your own photography
>> wasn't proof enough, thanks for proving it again.
>>
>And you know nothing about humanity.

I know enough to know that 99.9999% of humanity is a perfectly good waste
of carbon atoms. You know, wastes like you.



From: Robert Spanjaard on
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:59:17 -0400, Tim Conway wrote:

>>>The second one has too much detail in the bark and my eye is atracted
>>>by the shadow too much.
>>
>> You know absolutely NOTHING about composition. If your own photography
>> wasn't proof enough, thanks for proving it again.
>>
> And you know nothing about humanity.

Did you expect anything else from the P&S troll?
His social skills match his photography quite well, though.

--
Regards, Robert http://www.arumes.com
From: Ben Dover on
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:12:39 +0200, Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap(a)arumes.com>
wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:59:17 -0400, Tim Conway wrote:
>
>>>>The second one has too much detail in the bark and my eye is atracted
>>>>by the shadow too much.
>>>
>>> You know absolutely NOTHING about composition. If your own photography
>>> wasn't proof enough, thanks for proving it again.
>>>
>> And you know nothing about humanity.
>
>Did you expect anything else from the P&S troll?
>His social skills match his photography quite well, though.

Should I expect anything less from the 99.9999% waste of carbon atoms like
you?

Nay, for then I would be disappointed.

Show us all your compositional masterpieces.

We all await with bated breath on why you are a virtuoso with your
imaginary role-playing TROLL's cameras.

From: GMAN on
In article <p4l0561c5tbmrjk9refo80rj194iauco24(a)4ax.com>, Ben Dover <bdover(a)somewhere.org> wrote:
>On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:59:17 -0400, "Tim Conway" <tconway_113(a)comcast.net>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>"Ben Dover" <bdover(a)somewhere.org> wrote in message
>>news:5gk056l18e55njofakmisnqobcpdfmrgm4(a)4ax.com...
>>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:22:41 -0700 (PDT), DanP <dan.petre(a)hotmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Jul 28, 11:28 am, Ben Dover <bdo...(a)somewhere.org> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:06:23 +0100, Bruce <docnews2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> >On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:17:15 -0500, Ben Dover <bdo...(a)somewhere.org>
>>>>> >wrote:
>>>>> >>Find a small shaft of sunlight breaking through the canopy in some
>>>>> >>deep
>>>>> >>dark woods and you may find butterflies basking in the last rays of
>>>>> >>the
>>>>> >>late evening sun. A Comma butterfly doing just that.
>>>>>
>>>>> >><http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/4837011284_86f09633bd_b.jpg>
>>>>>
>>>>> >Beautiful lighting. A very nice shot. Thanks for posting.
>>>>>
>>>>> What about the lighting in this one, another basking pose and
>>>>> angle-composition theme (to reflect this representative of the
>>>>> "Angled-winged Butterfly Family").
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4144/4837286834_9b6dd0bffb_b.jpg>
>>>>>
>>>>> I liked the way the dark cracks in the bark lead the eye to their
>>>>> respective subject/shadow counterparts. I have about a dozen of these to
>>>>> play with. I just couldn't decide (and it seems neither could the
>>>>> butterfly
>>>>> decide), just which shadow created the most interesting shapes and
>>>>> angles
>>>>> as it struck about a dozen different wing-angle and body-angle poses
>>>>> while
>>>>> watching its shadow.
>>>>>
>>>>> Though the high jpg-compression badly polka-dotted the colors in the
>>>>> wings
>>>>> it's the composition that I thought might be interesting.
>>>>
>>>>First one is great, the shape of the wings is clear.
>>>>Try a square crop on it.
>>>>
>>>>The second one has too much detail in the bark and my eye is atracted
>>>>by the shadow too much.
>>>>
>>>>DanP
>>>
>>> You know absolutely NOTHING about composition. If your own photography
>>> wasn't proof enough, thanks for proving it again.
>>>
>>And you know nothing about humanity.
>
>I know enough to know that 99.9999% of humanity is a perfectly good waste
>of carbon atoms. You know, wastes like you.

And the remaining .0001% should have remained a shitstain on your dad's shorts


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