Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:36 AM 1/12/2003 -0800, Ted Grant wrote: >Robert G. Stevens suggested: > > Now that I see the image, the bear is too low in the image. It might >have > > been better on a stool and if you got closer, cropping out the bottom bed > > frame and etc. Good exposure and B&W work. > >Hi Robert, >Gee I hate to disagree with the good shooter you are. But! ;-) > >The bear is just fine, because the light is enough to slightly highlight it >without taking away from the child. It's there like a whispered kind of >quiet statement, "Jeeesh look at that with the bear!" The picture doesn't >need to be altered in anyway or it begins to look set up and the ability of >the photographer to....See it.... ! In it's original state. > >Now this isn't saying one shouldn't look for a better angle, but this is one >of those situations where the bear acts as a quiet item in the frame and not >an obvious thing. It's the subtle way he kind of is there, but not there in >a big way. > >I suspect if we were to see this as a full frame top to bottom without >scrolling down it would have a greater effect and you might not see it >requiring a higher angle to close the gap between bear and child. You were correct on this Ted. By hitting F11 in IE6 it goes to full screen and you can see it all in one view. Seeing the whole picture, the empty space of the bed between the child and the bear is not as bad. Regards, Robert >As far as getting a chair and messing around doing things like that in the >ICU could get yer ass kicked from the Chief Nurse of ICU ! Man and they can >be tough moma's when a photog starts messing in their territory. ;-) >ted > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html