Post by PeterW on Dec 8, 2006 17:50:28 GMT -5
What a nice composition, Bob. I like the way the main road and the earthworks sweep in curve from the left and are complemented by the smaller road coming in from the right. The little white building and the larger ones behind the trees are just far enough each side of the road to draw your eye in without taking it away from the main object which is, intriguingly, just around the bend. It makes me want to go round and find out. Someone once said that anticipation is better than realisation. He, or she, was right!
Movie directors know this only too well, so they have to make the realisation really dramatic to compensate. Remember the opening shots of some of Clint Eastwood's Spaghetti Westerns? We 'stills' camera people can learn an awful lot by studying the techniques of the best movie cameramen. Try 'freezing' the TV screen on pause now and then when you're running a DVD to see what I mean.
The top directors are, rightly, praised for their work, but its the largely unsung cameramen who lift a good movie into the 'must watch' category.
I see what you mean about the red earth. If it were colour shift it would have tinted the white buildings.
Pleased to see the old FT is still struttin' its stuff. It'll be carrying on delivering the goods long after I'm no longer here to comment on them. I know it's heavier than some of your other SLRs, but you've got to admit you like using it, yes? Those old F-series mechanical Canons have got a lovely 'won't let you down' positiveness about the way they work.
PeterW
Movie directors know this only too well, so they have to make the realisation really dramatic to compensate. Remember the opening shots of some of Clint Eastwood's Spaghetti Westerns? We 'stills' camera people can learn an awful lot by studying the techniques of the best movie cameramen. Try 'freezing' the TV screen on pause now and then when you're running a DVD to see what I mean.
The top directors are, rightly, praised for their work, but its the largely unsung cameramen who lift a good movie into the 'must watch' category.
I see what you mean about the red earth. If it were colour shift it would have tinted the white buildings.
Pleased to see the old FT is still struttin' its stuff. It'll be carrying on delivering the goods long after I'm no longer here to comment on them. I know it's heavier than some of your other SLRs, but you've got to admit you like using it, yes? Those old F-series mechanical Canons have got a lovely 'won't let you down' positiveness about the way they work.
PeterW