Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Colin, I tried varioous crops on this and also on shots from slightly differing angles. This was my preferred view. I found that cropping to take the end of the shed out - or tighter somehow didn't give you the feeling of the sheer size of this rotting hulk. Peter PS I think that it will get restoed at some point, but i doubt that anyone thinks its soon. ;-) Colin J wrote: > Peter Dzwig wrote: > >>An old Southern Region found rotting in the >>Watercress Line's yard at Ropley, >>presumably awaiting repair. >> >> > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album347/TheOldMailCoach200503 > >>Leica IIIf 3.5cm Summaron f8 @ 1/250th >> >>Comments welcome. > > > > Peter, > > Old trains make good subjects. This is a nice > shot, but it is so sad to see this decay. > > I tried a big crop to portrait. If you crop the > left side until #4958 is just in the frame you > will see my idea. I don't know which I like > best. > > Either way you have fully captured a feeling of > decay. > > Thanks for posting. > > Colin > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Photos ? NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a > photo http://uk.photos.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >