Lead-in or Leading lines
Mar 9, 2013 16:07:47 #
Pedro2156 wrote:
This may also be a little thought provoking, but, fstop22's image of the tracks, should that image not be flipped so the track starts bottom left and not bottom right. most western judges seem to say that the image is "Read" from left to right in the western world, just as we read and write.
Hmmm........ Just a thought.
Hmmm........ Just a thought.
Pedro, I will add some fuel to your fire and some food for pondering. We all organize our compositions in our own way. By that I mean they look correct to us and hopefully to others as well. I have also been to expositions that touch on its correctness with examples that always seem backwards to me. When I have compared this with others we seem to divide ourselves into two camps. Those of us that are left handed and those that are right handed. The rights usually see the samples as correct and the lefties want to flop it.
I, being left handed have learned to accept the right compositions as good and to arrange my own very carefully. Not sure it has anything to do with east and west, it's our brain making an acceptability judgement.
Mar 9, 2013 18:57:15 #
windshoppe wrote:
quote=Rex-Pix I deliberately left this post till ... (show quote)
I agree. "Leading" is the key word here. The lines must 'lead' to something or somewhere.
Mar 9, 2013 20:45:42 #
Art is interpretive. One person sees it one way another totally the opposite. And opinions are a dime a dozen. Follow the advice of someone who' s work you admire and take the rest with a grain of salt.
Mar 10, 2013 00:31:18 #
This is what happens to clubs and forums sooner or later, all of a sudden there are more chiefs than there are Indians, and everyone wants it ran their way or with their rules. I've seen it happen many times over the years from fishing clubs, car clubs, camera clubs, and just about all other types of clubs or gatherings. This is the first one I've joined in years, and I'm starting to remember why I shouldn't have. I've seen several good photographers leave this forum in the last year because of all the bickering, nit-picking, and other crap that goes on. These were people that were very knowledgeable and always ready to help, and had good advice for those asking for it. Now all this over a photo contest that really doesn't mean a hill of beans in the long run, it's meant to be "fun". You're not doing this to win a 5 grand prize. Grow up people it's getting real tiresome for many of us on here, quit your bitching.
Mike
Mike
Mar 10, 2013 04:07:30 #
I agree with Peterson in this video. The generally accepted purpose of leading lines is to lead the eye to the subject or point of interest. If you have lines, be they converging or parallel, which do not lead to the subject, then they aren't leading lines by the generally accepted meaning of the term. That is not to say that they do not create a pleasing and interesting composition. In the sample that was provided early in the thread they certainly do. I love that shot, but I would have to say that they are not leading lines. But who really cares what you call them?
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Mar 10, 2013 08:49:33 #
Rex-Pix wrote:
I deliberately left this post till after as this may be contentious. Recently our camera club had the identical as ba set topic. The judge tore into the majority of contestants' stating that leading lines which do not lead to an object of interest (punctum) were pointless?! He is a highly acclaimed judge and photographer and needless to say peaved off many. Think he has a point though. Other thoughts ?
You say he 'tore into the majority of contestants'? My only thought would be, did it make him feel good to make everybody else feel bad? Plus, artistic interpretations are highly subjective, and some helpful suggestions might be good, but to 'tear into them'?
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