Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thanks for the long version: I think you have made a strong image, and as always, you do balance colour with a certain "flare" that escapes my eye. A very pleasing image and great record. Cheers > On Feb 9, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Lottermoser George and Mark wrote: > >> "why the vertical crop." > > This is likely a hell of a lot more than anyone wants to hear, but I > guess we talk about mental process from time to time. > > The long version: > > I'd seen this church before and shot it. I love its colors and > textures. Its location is also rather desolately appealing. > > Went by last weekend again and stopped. Tried several angles with a > 35 and a 21. Its sitting in an open field by itself was what was > getting my attention. The side angle (shooting toward east) appealed > to me for a number of reason including simpler background (house and > trailer to the west). > > The full building in horizontal was interesting against the field and > a nice cloudy sky. But, it was just sort of lazy, a nice enough > pastoral, but it just didn't move me. > > In walking around the church a couple of times, I came closer to the > front and was drawn up by the steeple which was set against the nice > sky. It pointed up and drew my eye with it. > > My seen shot included a second side window. When I started cropping I > dropped out some foreground grass. I cropped as I had seen the photo, > with two side windows. It felt unbalanced, so I decided to give it a > little goose and drop one window. That felt more stable and reached > into the sky better. > > There's been lots of pano talk here lately, so I've found myself > seeing that way more often. That likely made me open to this > interpretation. > > BTW the sky is done with levels on the actual sky. > > The short version: > > I cropped off everything that didn't look like part of the picture;^) > > Ric > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >