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Shiv Kumar Surya
{K:17362} 11/25/2004
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Wonderful capture and beautiful poetry.
Regards,
'Sruya'
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John Charlton
{K:5595} 3/4/2003
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Your welcome. Now if you will allow me to be a bit presumptuous here I have a favour to ask of you.
I have a photo here on this site http://www.usefilm.com/showphoto.php?id=21429 which for me is representative of movement and freedom and maybe even flight or escapism. It's a strange little photo but I really like it. I have tried to write a poem for it and I am particularily fond of haiku but so far no luck. Could you take a look at it and if the spirit moves you, write me your impression as a comment. It's my birthday today so this would make a great birthday present.
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Titia Geertman
{K:5582} 3/4/2003
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Hello John Carlton,
Thank you so much for your lovely reply. When roaming the projects I was very pleased to find the one Poetry in Pictures, because mainly....that's me.
I am a pure amateur on taking pics and I hold my camera for my eye and then roam the land or sky to search for compositions. With the colorful skies we have here I can stand all day sometimes and keep shooting, because it changes every minute.
I always write my poems to the pictures, never the other way around. It's a pity I can't do series here, because sometimes I have series of about 5 pics, taking you on a stroll with me through the nature that surrounds me.
But I'm happy with the opportunity of doing one at the time.
Some may not like my poetry, that's ok, poetry is personal, but if I only touch one heart, that's enough for me.
I'm a total amateur concerning PSP too. I think I have to look up some learning course of some kind. What I do now is just beginners luck and I want to be able to control what I'm doing.
Placing the poem in the About, will not do for me, because it has to be related somehow directly to the picture, it has to be on it or close to it. I've picked up some useful tips around here.
Thank you again in giving me confidence to go on here with my poetry, although some might think words might distract you from the picture, I think they go very well together in some cases.
Thanks again for your uplifting comment.
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John Charlton
{K:5595} 3/4/2003
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Hi Titia;
I like what you're doing with your poetry and want to encourage you to continue. There are several ways you can add words to your images here at Usefilm.
1. The simplest method is to use the About: line in the submittion form to write your poetry. Note that paragraph spaces are turned into single line spaces with this method so you can't easily put spaces between lines and of course you have no choice of fonts. You can include paragraph spaces if you put your poem into a comment to yourself but then the poem will be quite far from the image.
2. Place the words directly on the image as you have been doing. This is perhaps the trickiest method as your words become a major component of the image itself. I think the danger with this method is that your images can be seen as nothing more than frames for your words and your words can be seen as intrusive to your photography. Like I say, it's tricky but not necessarily bad. Do what you feel is best for you.
3. Expand the border as you have in your attachment on this page. Note that if you choose a white rather than a coloured background you can make your poem float in the space below the image (or beside it in the case of a vertical). The advantage of this method is that you maintain total control of how your words appear and while the poem remains connected directly to the image, your words do not keep the viewer from seeing and critiquing the image on its own.
I'm glad to here you are using PSP. I do too. Keep up the great work!
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Titia Geertman
{K:5582} 3/3/2003
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I figured it out how to put a frame with words in, in PSP but I think I can't upload the pic untill tomorrow though, because I already used up my limit for today.
Titia
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Titia Geertman
{K:5582} 3/3/2003
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Hi Marilia, thanks for your comment, but I don't know exactly what you mean by "the view helps with the poetry"
It's usually the other way around, I write poetry to my pictures, I don't look for pictures to my poetry. But then, LOL I might just got it all wrong, being a Dutchie it sometimes is hard to understand exactly what you all mean.
Keith, thanks, I wasn't altogether satisfied with the frame and I think the pic could do without.
As I saw this project was about poetry in pictures, I took that literally, but I don't know how to put the words below the pic. Sometimes they belong in the pic, but sometimes it's better to put them below. Have to learn al lot yet.
Thanks anyway for your comment.
Titia
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Marília Ferraz
{K:-4756} 3/3/2003
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Ok, Keith, you've got me on that one.
Anyway, excellent work,
Marilia
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Keith Naylor
{K:13064} 3/3/2003
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Well I have to say the opposite here. The framing and composition was obviously done with purpose, and that was to allow room for the words. I see nothing wrong with that at all.
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Marília Ferraz
{K:-4756} 3/3/2003
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Titia, of course the view helps with the poetry. But it takes more than that to create a fine composition.
Marilia
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