From: Tim Conway on 28 Jul 2010 11:59 "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 28 Jul 2010 12:04 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 28 Jul 2010 12:12 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 28 Jul 2010 12:20 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 28 Jul 2010 16:00
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 > > > |