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12/05/2011 11:03:13 PM · #51 |
matter of taste I guess, but it look quite awkward to me.
Originally posted by SEG:
Originally posted by oldbimmercoupe:
Im curious if ANYONE in DPC has their art, on their walls, in their home, WITH "letterbox" or other gimmick border matting. just curious. |
I do. This image
I have it with a thick black border and a thin white line on top and bottom. It is in a black frame with black matte and I like the way it looks with the white cut edges of the matte and then the 2 extra white lines running horizontal. It's next to my widescreen TV that's hanging on the wall and I think it compliments it nicely.
*****Edit to add proof.
I know many may not like it and this is just a quick snap that I just took of it so you can't see how the TV and the picture on the other side looks together but it's there on my wall and I've sold a few matted prints of this image. I no longer sell it with "letterbox" but that's for selfish reason's. LOL
Let the flaming begin |
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12/05/2011 11:07:29 PM · #52 |
to me it looks far better without the crowding effect of the box. with the box it looks like we are looking down closet walls towards the subject. exact opposite of goal here of giving the room space to breathe with a long table. congrats on the pb.
Originally posted by bhuge:
I'm usually indifferent when it comes to letterbox, but I decided to try it for the first time on an entry. It ended up being a personal best, but this makes me wonder if it would have scored higher without the letterbox.
I had to crop they way I did to keep a few arms and legs of playing kids out of the picture. But without the letterbox it just looked too small.
So what do you think, would this have done better without the letterbox? Or does it add to the image in this case?
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12/05/2011 11:51:09 PM · #53 |
Just reading this...
In my (humble) opinion, either an image can stand on its own... or it can't.
I like presentation just as much as the rest of you... add a border to most of mine.
But... when it comes to voting, I vote on the image. Not the border. Not the title. Not the punctuation. Not nuthin' but the image.
Carry on...
:D
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12/06/2011 04:13:52 AM · #54 |
Originally posted by LydiaToo:
Just reading this...
In my (humble) opinion, either an image can stand on its own... or it can't.
I like presentation just as much as the rest of you... add a border to most of mine.
But... when it comes to voting, I vote on the image. Not the border. Not the title. Not the punctuation. Not nuthin' but the image.
Carry on...
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But in ignoring the border aren't you choosing to ignore a significant percentage of the image that's being presented to you for judging? Everything inside the 1 pixel site-applied border is there to be voted on.
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