dtrayers wrote:
phili1 wrote:
To bad the electric lines are there, open photoshop and I would be cloning.
No, No, you have to leave them! It's part of the story.
Some of those lines are for the cable car used to move supplies to and from the island. In the 1960's, the lighthouse keeper used to send his kid across to the mainland to go to school until the Coast Guard found out and didn't think it was a good idea for a kid to be 50 feet above rocks and surf.
I grew up not far from this place. WONDERFUL shots!
Thanks, Dave. As I wrote to Phili, they are an integral part of the composition; that's why I intentionally included them. Your story part makes me even happier that I left them.
My personal guidelines on things like powerlines, trash, old beer cans, etc. are: if they are not "meant" to be in the scene, I'll clone them out. For example, a powerline stretched across Yosemite Valley would have to go, because the main subject would be Nature's work - the valley. On this scene, the area of interest is Man's work - the lighthouse and everything that goes with it.
Notice on the middle shot - there's a brick with a fallen-over sign. I could have easily cloned that out, but again, its part of the scene!
