Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]yes, lovely light and a dramatic scene: I think the trees are what is giving me vertigo ;-) This is what George Lauterstein used to call F16 and BE THERE!!!! Cheers > Alastair, I thought Jim's approach with the dramatic slope made it quite > special. I'd sort of be tempted to rotate it a little > clockwise to straighten some of the trees a little more, too but I guess > some of that is from the wide perspective? This is one of > those beautiful places that has been photographed innumerable times. A > quick google shows just how many times! Kudos to Jim for a > new "angle" on it. Gorgeous light, too, isn't it? > Cheers > Hoppy > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Alastair Firkin > Sent: Wednesday, 25 October 2006 16:54 > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Views from Mt. Rainier > >> A couple of weeks ago I visited Mt. Rainier in Washington state and >> enjoyed >> photographing its many views. Here is my first view on the day we >> arrived. >> More to follow. >> >> >> >> Mt >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jimchristie/_A059830_v1-Web.jpg.html > > > >> >> Rainier, SW View, Late Afternoon > > Beautiful spot, but I feel a bit dizzy. Its hard to "feel" the horizon and > so the image to a person who does not recognize the scene looks oblique. I > would feel better with a slightly wider view to give a sense of "place", > but you may want to use that unsteady slope feeling for that very effect: > still a lovely image. > > Alastair > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >