Cotswold

[AdrianL]

The idyllic life along River Windrush at Bourton-on-the-Water.

 

[John2]

Nice place and spot on comp. Nice image overall Adrian which tells the story of a popular destination. I wish it was nearer. I would love to visit.

 

[AdrianL]

Nice place and spot on comp. Nice image overall Adrian which tells the story of a popular destination. I wish it was nearer. I would love to visit.

Thanks John. Do you mean a tighter crop or work the scene by getting closer and engaging the subject? This a constant “battle” for me.

 

[John2]

No Adrian. It's fine as it is. Classically, it has foreground interest (the people and dogs) and then the rest of the scene draws you into the image and out to the horizon.

 

[Joanna Carter]

No Adrian. It's fine as it is. Classically, it has foreground interest (the people and dogs) and then the rest of the scene draws you into the image and out to the horizon.

This is something that greatly annoys me at our photo club. Folks make beautiful images like this, only be to bombarded with the question "what is the subject?"

My reply is, the subject is the content of the image. There seems to be this obsession of carving up images into small blocks and forgetting about the context.

One thing that I love about LF photography is the ability to "tell a story" that the viewer can explore and the trick is to create a composition that leads the eye from one point of interest to the next. Camera movements allowing the entire image to be equally sharp.

Personally, I really like this "story" and would like to see this image printed quite large

 

[Glenn]

Nice pic. I wouldn't change a thing.

I suspect John was talking about the location of Bourton and the physical distance between it and where he lives though.

 

[John2]

This is something that greatly annoys me at our photo club. Folks make beautiful images like this, only be to bombarded with the question "what is the subject?"

My reply is, the subject is the content of the image. There seems to be this obsession of carving up images into small blocks and forgetting about the context.

One thing that I love about LF photography is the ability to "tell a story" that the viewer can explore and the trick is to create a composition that leads the eye from one point of interest to the next. Camera movements allowing the entire image to be equally sharp.

Personally, I really like this "story" and would like to see this image printed quite large

I'm assuming this wasn't about the view I expressed above but more a comment on an aspects of club photography - which incidentally I agree with. I gave up on club photography because it tended to tramline what was considered good. For me, that seemed to constrain creativity. The same was true of domestic UK competitions but not so much international exhibitions run under FIAP.

 

[Glenn]

This is something that greatly annoys me at our photo club. Folks make beautiful images like this, only be to bombarded with the question "what is the subject?"

My reply is, the subject is the content of the image. There seems to be this obsession of carving up images into small blocks and forgetting about the context.

Yes, I have to agree, that question annoys me greatly but from a different perspective. Many of my images are either abstract, conceptual or deliberately-less-than-fine art. Many club members and judges try to approach them as if they are representational, which is fair enough but it does make it a difficult path to follow.

 

[John2]

...................................... I suspect John was talking about the location of Bourton and the physical distance between it and where he lives though.

Absolutely. I can see now how it might have been misinterpreted.

 

[AdrianL]

Absolutely. I can see now how it might have been misinterpreted.

My apologies for the misinterpretation. You can see that personal technique was an issue on my mind. There are so wonderful aspects of the Cotswold. I was trying to capture a sense of living in this incredible part of the country.

 

[AdrianL]

This is something that greatly annoys me at our photo club. Folks make beautiful images like this, only be to bombarded with the question "what is the subject?"

My reply is, the subject is the content of the image. There seems to be this obsession of carving up images into small blocks and forgetting about the context.

One thing that I love about LF photography is the ability to "tell a story" that the viewer can explore and the trick is to create a composition that leads the eye from one point of interest to the next. Camera movements allowing the entire image to be equally sharp.

Personally, I really like this "story" and would like to see this image printed quite large

Thanks for the encouragement, Joanna.

 

[John2]

My apologies for the misinterpretation. You can see that personal technique was an issue on my mind. There are so wonderful aspects of the Cotswold. I was trying to capture a sense of living in this incredible part of the country.

No need to apologise Adrian. My bad.