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elsa hoffmann

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Re: Sedges in Lake
« Reply #15 on: March 14, 2017, 18:07:23 »
A beautiful scene doesn't always translate into a great or even good photo. Perhaps one of those I think.
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charlie

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Re: Sedges in Lake
« Reply #16 on: March 14, 2017, 19:19:50 »
A beautiful scene doesn't always translate into a great or even good photo. Perhaps one of those I think.

Isn't that up to the photographer though, not the scene?

elsa hoffmann

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Re: Sedges in Lake
« Reply #17 on: March 14, 2017, 19:36:48 »
Not always - No.
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Re: Sedges in Lake
« Reply #18 on: March 14, 2017, 19:46:13 »
A beautiful scene doesn't always translate into a great or even good photo. Perhaps one of those I think.

The converse is also sometimes true. Both the eye and the camera have their own limitations.

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Re: Sedges in Lake
« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2017, 03:33:42 »
Good idea Erik - that's something I need to work on more, trying different heights to get different perspectives.

Elsa, that's something I've gradually come to understand. 

Jack, that's very true.  The eye wanders over a scene with only a small portion thereof being seen sharply at any one moment. The mind assembles a mental image from these impressions.  And somehow, looking at a photograph, even when one's eyes scan here and there, is very different than looking at a live scene.