Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve only 3 elements... LIGHT-EYES-ACTION! And the mother of successful photography is reading and understanding light, how to make it work for you first, foremost and always! Get that right and you're 99.999999% going to have a winner! ;-) ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 8:52 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] scenes from the OR ...paw 15 > Ted Grant wrote: >> Steve Barbour showed a slightly improved version: :-( >> >>> http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-81913.html >> >> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] scenes from the OR ...paw 15 >> >> >>>>>> http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-81911.html >>>>>> http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-81912.html<<<< >>> >>> >>>> Hi Steve, >>>> 81911 on my screen is very dark? And if mine is correct then I'd almost >>>> scrub the picture as I'm loosing the important part and why you shot! >>>> Her >>>> eyes and expression.! >>>> >>>> And I'd have cropped it tighter as some of the extraneous parts are >>>> distracting and take the viewers eyes away from the centre of >>>> attention.... >>>> her eyes! >>>> >>>> A little something hanging on the upper left edge... crop. >>> >>> >>> I am reposting the first, less dark, hoping at least this is a modest >>> improvement...<<< >> >> >> Hi Steve, >> Well it helps some, however given the lack of good light to start with >> and even though one can kind of make out her expression, as much as I >> hate to say this, it doesn't cut it!! :-( >> >> It's as simple as comparing the first copy 81911 "lack of good light" and >> the improved version ... 81913 "still lack of good light" compared to >> the second photograph 81912 with the light - eye combination and without >> question the improved version still doesn't make it compared to the nurse >> with the face mask. >> >> Sorry but that's photo life! :-( Some work right smack in the face while >> others.... if you have to knock yourself out "trying to make something >> out of it" then it just doesn't work. It will always be close.. but not >> right in the face... "Yeah alright great shot!" >> 81913 is close. But close only counts in horse shoes! And when we can >> compare the two shots it's very simple to see which works and which >> doesn't. >> ted > > right you are Ted... dang.... > > I was trying to make something more out of it... something that was not > there...ie smack you in the face, there.. > > Thanks for your help...I did learn something valuable from this. > > Steve > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information