Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-29 Thread brooksdj
That phone just looks plain lonely.:-) Like the contrasting walls. Dave > Seems that there's an emerging series of payphone photos. I know it's > tilted. I like it that way. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3492681&size=lg > > Comments

Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-29 Thread Graywolf
Rule (follow at your own risk): A little bit of tilt looks like poor photography. A lot of tilt looks intentional. I personally have a bit of a problem holding a camera level, but I do not have any problem with a bit of rotate and crop. In fact I usually plan on it when taking the photo and le

Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-29 Thread Rob Studdert
On 29 Jun 2005 at 7:53, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > It seems that there's far more that can be done with transform than could > ever be done with the crop tool, David. I'm just now learning about its > potential since Sonny mentioned it (spent all of about 30 minutes with it), so > I'm far from a mav

Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-29 Thread Shel Belinkoff
It seems that there's far more that can be done with transform than could ever be done with the crop tool, David. I'm just now learning about its potential since Sonny mentioned it (spent all of about 30 minutes with it), so I'm far from a maven. Are you familiar with all that transform can do?

Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-29 Thread frank theriault
On 6/28/05, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Disconnected ~= disoriented ~= tilted ;-). > > Frank, there is one thing that seems odd/wrong with this photo. It is > its left part. It reminds me of those optical illusions where human eye > seems to misinterpret information given by th

Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-29 Thread frank theriault
On 6/28/05, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is straightness a bourgeois concept too? > It may be. I tend to think of it more in terms of existential absurdity, however... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-29 Thread Shel Belinkoff
It seems that there's far more that can be done with transform than could ever be done with the crop tool, David. I'm just now learning about its potential since Sonny mentioned it (spent all of about 30 minutes with it), so I'm far from a maven. Are you familiar with all that transform can do?

Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
frank theriault wrote: > > On 6/27/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Do you know about transform in Photoshop? You don't have to live with > > slightly tilted shots. > > I don't know diddly squat about photoshop. But, as I said, I like the > tilt on this one anyway. > >

Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-28 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Seems that there's an emerging series of payphone photos. I know it's tilted. I like it that way. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3492681&size=lg Comments welcome (as always). Disconnected ~= disoriented ~= tilted ;-). Frank, there is one thing that seems odd/wrong with

Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-28 Thread Rick Womer
Is straightness a bourgeois concept too? Rick --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seems that there's an emerging series of payphone > photos. I know it's > tilted. I like it that way. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3492681&size=lg > > Comments welcome (as alwa

Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-28 Thread David Mann
On Jun 28, 2005, at 2:51 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The nice thing about transform is that you can not only fix tilts, but straighten up lines from key stoned shots. These shots with lines and squares and other formal elements of composition seem to want to be finished. You can even

Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-27 Thread frank theriault
On 6/27/05, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought you announced the pay phone series a while ago. Not bad, this > one has all the elements coming together. Did I? I guess it was emerging then, and it's still evolving now. Not quite a series yet, but close. Thanks for your thought

Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-27 Thread P. J. Alling
I thought you announced the pay phone series a while ago. Not bad, this one has all the elements coming together. frank theriault wrote: Seems that there's an emerging series of payphone photos. I know it's tilted. I like it that way. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3492681&

Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-27 Thread SonC
In a message dated 6/27/2005 9:42:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't know diddly squat about photoshop. But, as I said, I like the tilt on this one anyway. -- I have nothing against tilt when it makes the shot work. htt

Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-27 Thread frank theriault
On 6/27/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you know about transform in Photoshop? You don't have to live with > slightly tilted shots. I don't know diddly squat about photoshop. But, as I said, I like the tilt on this one anyway. I could have used it to untilt my last one

Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-27 Thread SonC
In a message dated 6/27/2005 9:19:39 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Seems that there's an emerging series of payphone photos. I know it's tilted. I like it that way. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3492681&size=lg Comments welcome (as always). cheers,

Re: PAW/PESO: Disconnected

2005-06-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hey Frank, it's tilted! Seriously, I like this. A bit of tilt can add to the sense of disorder that this image suggests. Thought provoking. Good one. Paul On Jun 27, 2005, at 10:18 PM, frank theriault wrote: Seems that there's an emerging series of payphone photos. I know it's tilted. I like