HCB Appreciation

cliveh said:

If he had centered the figure within the line of trees, the brim of the hat would be partially obscured against the darkness of the trees.

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It may be shocking to you, since you don't do such things, but the area around that guy is dodged quite heavily to make him stand out. It varies from print to print, it seems. If you do a quick search for the image, you see many differently dodged versions.

The hat stands out because of how the photo was enlarged.

It's still a swell photo.

Don_ih said:

It may be shocking to you, since you don't do such things, but the area around that guy is dodged quite heavily to make him stand out. It varies from print to print, it seems. If you do a quick search for the image, you see many differently dodged versions.

The hat stands out because of how the photo was enlarged.

It's still a swell photo.

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Thanks for saying so sensitively what I didn’t care to mention.

Don_ih said:

It may be shocking to you, since you don't do such things, but the area around that guy is dodged quite heavily to make him stand out. It varies from print to print, it seems. If you do a quick search for the image, you see many differently dodged versions.

The hat stands out because of how the photo was enlarged.

It's still a swell photo.

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Don_ih my dear boy, if you don't understand the importance of framing in photography and hope to solve this with dodging and burning, you don't understand the taking process in the art of photography.

nikos79 said:

This Andre Kertesz photo is more difficult but somehow I always confuse it with an HCB photo

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Out of context reflections often create an amount of confusion to the viewer.

cliveh said:

Don_ih my dear boy, if you don't understand the importance of framing in photography and hope to solve this with dodging and burning, you don't understand the taking process in the art of photography.

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You work very differently then many/most photographers @cliveh .
Your preferences are fine for you.
I am just one of many who includes the availability of dodging and burning in my considerations when I make decisions while taking photographs. You are fine if you don't believe in that for you.

From a moderation perspective, we ask and expect that do not make posts where you equate "you do it differently than I do" with "you do not understand the taking process in the art of photography".