OK, I agree. Not falling off the hill was a much better choice! :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
> At the moment, it was so hot at the top of that hill up in front of
> Firenze, that I could hardly think how to compose it.
> I remember to have put my best effort in capturing the statue's left
> side from 90º, as perfectly as possible (now I remember my annoyance
> regarding the pedestal which I judged was rotated clockwise :-) ), and
> took one shot only.
> I don't do that way as strictly as I used to, but still tend to take
> one to five frames of a subject only - and usually it's the first
> which I find to be a keeper.
> Oh! - and a few steps to the right, there's (was) a short wall, beyond
> which one would fall from that steep hill. I was lucky I could frame
> the David at the moment such a cloud passed - it wasn't my main
> interest when I saw it when 31. I should go back *then*, not back
> *there* - but if any, I might go back there, and feel disappointed
> just because ...
>>From that small wall, I have my best view of the Duomo, and the bridges.
>
> Thanks for looking and commenting.
>
> Fernando.
>
> 2009/11/15 Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Now there's a cloud with character. But I think I'd have stepped around
>> to the left a bit to move the statue a bit more to the right of the
>> frame and bringing in a bit more of that cloud. At least I think it would.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
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