Re: When does a Phot-O-Graph become a Phraud-O-Graph?
| March 25, 2015 07:53PM |
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IMHO -
Telegraph(one) poles associated with the railroad are part of the scene, whereas large power
poles in the background are merely a nuisance that can't always be avoided when composing
a shot and you just have to live with them when presenting a film-based slide show. But they
are 'fair game' when cleaning up photos for large prints, calendars and digital presentations.
Ditto for daisy-pickers, inconsiderate foamers, intruding automobiles and miscellaneous distracting non-railroad junk.
For example, the original photographer approved of my moving - not RE-moving - the rightmost telegraphone pole a bit farther to the right in this photo he provided for the 'Help Save #483' screen saver:
Photo Copyright © 1963, 2005 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
And I sincerely believe that removing the high-voltage power poles in the background of this shot - and moving the remaining pole and Olaf's car farther from the front of the engine - greatly improve this one:
Photo Copyright © 1968, 2013 by Russell B. Sperry - All Rights Reserved.
OTOH, I'm not quite done. The triple repeat of the bushes on the far side of the road - just in front of the flag holder on the pilot beam - is a dead give-away that the above is a Phraud-O-Graph!
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/25/2015 08:47PM by Russo Loco.
Telegraph(one) poles associated with the railroad are part of the scene, whereas large power
poles in the background are merely a nuisance that can't always be avoided when composing
a shot and you just have to live with them when presenting a film-based slide show. But they
are 'fair game' when cleaning up photos for large prints, calendars and digital presentations.
Ditto for daisy-pickers, inconsiderate foamers, intruding automobiles and miscellaneous distracting non-railroad junk.
For example, the original photographer approved of my moving - not RE-moving - the rightmost telegraphone pole a bit farther to the right in this photo he provided for the 'Help Save #483' screen saver:
Photo Copyright © 1963, 2005 by Tom Gildersleeve - All Rights Reserved.
And I sincerely believe that removing the high-voltage power poles in the background of this shot - and moving the remaining pole and Olaf's car farther from the front of the engine - greatly improve this one:
Photo Copyright © 1968, 2013 by Russell B. Sperry - All Rights Reserved.
OTOH, I'm not quite done. The triple repeat of the bushes on the far side of the road - just in front of the flag holder on the pilot beam - is a dead give-away that the above is a Phraud-O-Graph!
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/25/2015 08:47PM by Russo Loco.
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