jim craig 0 Posted June 23, 2008 Being familiar with this particular piece of First Nations Art and it's location, I suspect it has been photographed thousands of times. But, I doubt the countless tourists who jumped off the bus and back on again to take the image had the idea of shooting it through the fore ground foliage, thus turning a cliche shot into an original. Leaves me to wonder if the annon. raters who gave it a three for originality even bothered to look long enough to see that some fore thought and vision had taken place before pressing the shutter. Nicely done Hanna. Link to comment
hanna_cowpe 0 Posted June 24, 2008 Well, there you go. It doesn't diminish my pleasure in making the image or appreciating the carving. I'm pleased you like it and took the time to get the point. Link to comment
gordonjb 10,860 Posted July 2, 2008 Creative approach. You have managed a nice combination of employing the OOF foreground vegetation with narrow DOF to subdue the background, thus leaving the focus on the totem without isolating it from the surroundings. A fine balancing act you have succeeded in achieving with this. Link to comment
hanna_cowpe 0 Posted July 3, 2008 Gordon, thankyou for your considered comment. The carving is a fine piece of art and I'm pleased you feel I did it justice. Link to comment
dseltzer 0 Posted July 6, 2008 To my eye you've at least done justice here. I think you went well beyond just a well made visual record of the carving, and on to bring it to life, blend it with it's surrounding so there's no mistaking it belongs here... it lives here. Link to comment
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