Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, Your second image: http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/tofino/3-37MomBabySunset.jpg is the beginning of a really good shot. It's just that the image is so centered with not much else going on. So, why not get closer? If the image is the setting sun or the approaching docks then include that in the image by getting closer and shifting to the right. If the image was of the two with that marvelous light then why not make it a vertical, move closer, and get a little lower so we don't see them from a dominant viewpoint. That is a way of saying shoot from eye level for intimate portraits. You get good marks for seeing a good scene and recognizing fabulous light, and even more credit for having a camera with film in it with the sense to push the shutter release: now think through the second shot and what you want to say about the scene. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/tofino/3-23DeanDogs.jpg http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/tofino/3-37MomBabySunset.jpg Fuji Reala 100, M6TTL, 50mm Summicron. The first was taken in the shade while waiting (3 hours!) for a ferry from Vancouver Island to the mainland. Probably f/5.6. The second was taken on the ferry just before we docked, taken literally with the last rays of the setting sun. Probably f/2 at 1/60 or 1/30. Film was Fuji Reala 100. - --Peter Klein Seattle, WA - -- 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