Comments on: Yabusame Mounted Archer, Revisited http://regex.info/blog/2010-05-04/1514 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Wed, 23 May 2012 20:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ron Evans http://regex.info/blog/2010-05-04/1514#comment-38916 Ron Evans Tue, 04 May 2010 13:58:23 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2010-05-04/1514#comment-38916 I think the crop was definitely more provocative. I wish I had posted yesterday because I kept thinking, "this photo really pulls you in... but where is the head on this rider?" but once you include it... the photo becomes kind of mundane. The cropped shot forces you to focus on the fabric patterns, the fabric patterns juxtaposed with the foliage background, and to some extent the multitasking involved with riding and shooting. Today's wide shot seems fitting for the family photo album but yesterday's shot seems more fitting for a magazine article or an art piece. While you are often self-deprecating about your aesthetic sensibilities I think one of your strengths is the way your photo choices (and captions) in this blog dance around between the two poles of family photos/memoirs and photo study/art pieces. IMHO. I think the crop was definitely more provocative. I wish I had posted yesterday because I kept thinking, “this photo really pulls you in… but where is the head on this rider?” but once you include it… the photo becomes kind of mundane. The cropped shot forces you to focus on the fabric patterns, the fabric patterns juxtaposed with the foliage background, and to some extent the multitasking involved with riding and shooting.

Today’s wide shot seems fitting for the family photo album but yesterday’s shot seems more fitting for a magazine article or an art piece.

While you are often self-deprecating about your aesthetic sensibilities I think one of your strengths is the way your photo choices (and captions) in this blog dance around between the two poles of family photos/memoirs and photo study/art pieces. IMHO.

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