Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for your comments Richard, Richard S. Taylor schrieb: > Douglas - In looking at these I found myself fascinated by the > objects; not the photographs, which to my mind means the pictures are > a real success. The only minor comment I would make is that in the > photograph of the quartz crystal, I think the top of the crystal could > have stood out more from the rock behind it. I thought the same about the quartz shot, I'll try it again soon. > > I looked back through some of your earlier photos, too. The swan is > gorgeous: all well-modelled white and pale yellow against the solid > black water. > > In the photo of the brass band, and this may just be my way of seeing, > I would have gotten myself square to the tubas and cropped the photo > to three of them and three of the players with the top of the photo > just above the heads of the players. This close cropping is something > I picked up from comments made by Ted and others at the Hyannis > meeting and from comments on some of the photos I posted recently. > Sometimes it seems it's almost impossible to crop too tightly. Not sure about cropping on this one but I'll look into it.This was one of two shots which belong together, this one and one where they were playing, which wouldn't have stood a crop, in my mind I only really see them together. > > > Your self portrait in the dome is fun. I've taken quite a few > pictures of that kind myself, with varying success. This is a good > example of a successful one. > > Nice pictures! > > > >> Over the weekend I tried a few of the suggestions and a lot of the >> advice you all so kindly posted. Here a few of the results. >> Comments and criticism more than welcome, I thrive on it. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Ammo_copy_filtered >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Ammonitecopy_filtered_copy >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/PY2_copy_filtered >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Quartz_copy_filtered >> >> Taken with a Leica Macro-Elmarit 100/4 at f22 on a Canon EOS 300D (DSLR) >> Thanks again >> Douglas >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- Ihre bevorzugten Shops, hilfreiche Einkaufs-Hilfen und gro?artige Geschenk Ideen. Erleben Sie das Vergn?gen online einzukaufen mit Shop@Netscape! http://shopping.netscape.de/shopping/