[Leica] Richard's PAW Week 22

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Richard,
  I was about to write something along these lines too,
then I took 5 minutes to work on your picture, I hope you don't mind.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/22_Dougs_crop0028

Cropped, background brushed over with the "blur" tool (normal 100%),
sharpened a little and the levels shifted.

Hope you like it,
Douglas



Ted Grant wrote:
> Richard showed:
> Subject: [Leica] Richard's PAW Week 22
> 
>> The concentration of a young musician at her year-end Elementary 
>> School concert.
> 
> http://www.dragonsgate.net/photosite/PaW2005/images/22_crop0028.jpg
> 
> Hi Richard,
> My immediate re-action was.... "it's way too loose and you almost lose 
> her with the clutter of other kids around her. Your 90mm lens was 
> probably 110 mm short and a 200mm would've made a better take.
> 
> Either a longer lens, my first choice, or crop her tighter. However if 
> you wanted all the clutter and illustrating all the kids around her 
> that's a different thing. But your caption read. >>"The concentration of 
> a young musician <<<<<<<<<<<
> 
> When you lift her out of the mess then you feel her concentration rather 
> than having her overwhelmed with the busy back ground, the girl to her 
> left the music stand in foreground.
> 
> After all she's the centre of attention yet you have all that other 
> visual junk surrounding her.
> 
> In my humblest opinion.
> ted
> 
> 
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