Even more no rules
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:02 pmCould someone please show me an excellent image that has a large empty foreground.
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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:02 pmPosted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:54 amI'm sure that there's more than a couple of these shot by some guy named Adams ....
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:29 am"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
- Ansel Adams
- Ansel Adams
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:22 pmMatt, don't you read Playboy? Just look for a straight on head and bust shot, and you will see a large empty foreground of silicone. 
Quite a challenge Matt, I will search for one but like Gary said quite a few Ansell Adams or the wild west look had empty foregrounds to reinforce the desolation. Your point is well taken though, empty foregrounds often don't do much
Quite a challenge Matt, I will search for one but like Gary said quite a few Ansell Adams or the wild west look had empty foregrounds to reinforce the desolation. Your point is well taken though, empty foregrounds often don't do much
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:28 pmAnsell Adams is an over rated photographer. His images are technically excellent, but they express very little. Anybody can go back to most of those locations and shoot the same thing. So flame me!
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:30 pmMatt. K wrote:Ansell Adams is an over rated photographer. His images are technically excellent, but they express very little. Anybody can go back to most of those locations and shoot the same thing. So flame me!
Did you hear the one about the masochist and the sadist.
The masochist said "Hit me, hit me",
and the sadist replied
"No"
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:34 pmGreg...you are starting to frighten me. Do you carry a gun?
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 7:35 pmMatt. K wrote: So flame me!
I doubt it will happen.
We're all entitled to our opinions, and I respect your right to your's.
I happen to love some of his images, and I admire and respect his technique. Having said that, I haven't a clue about how to use the zone system.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:00 pmMy version of the zone system is to bracket the hell of the exposure.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:04 pmMatt. K wrote:Greg...you are starting to frighten me. Do you carry a gun?
Why no, pardner, I do all of my shootin' with the D70
(please insert suitable western style accent, like John Wayne kinda thing)
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:06 pmgstark wrote:
I happen to love some of his images, and I admire and respect his technique.
Me too Gary, they had a strong impact on me early on in my interest in photography.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 10:14 pm
Considering the amount of traffic generated by the 'rules of photography' and 'composition' Gary might consider it worthy of a permanent subheading. It certainly catches my interest and is central to the 'art' of photography. Of course, we all 
know it is one of those zen things .... 
but it is what makes some photos work and others fail. We may never get the answer but the journey of discussion is the thing of interest, iteratively speaking of course. Just remember ...In the end .........