Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Victor Rubin showed: Subject: [Leica] Paw10 (1) Nancy with the laughing face > Grab shot- less than pristine for sharpness- but Nancy got the joke- and > I got a shot off. vroger > > http://vroger.smugmug.com/gallery/2321992/2/134769572/Large<<<< Sorry Victor but this is one of those pictures as nice as, "it could have been" it hurts ones heart to drop into file 13! .... that's what you should've done. In the basket! Yer not alone having to throw a shot like this away, but even if you put it in a darkened drawer for 6 months it'll never be what you really wanted. Sharp! Or your eyes will continue to fight and try to ....... sharpen it! By not turfing it now all you do is keep making yourself feel bad each time you look at it or show it to a viewer. Then making an excuse why it's blurred! Do you really want to do that? Surely not? Trust me...... I've been there more times than many! They never get any better keeping them! :-( It'll never sharpen, ease your feelings and file it quietly and quickly saying to yerself... "Damn and it was such a great moment! Oh well better luck next time." Shed a small tear and get on with life! :-) It's never easy to dump it, but editing your own work is always tough and this had the potential to be a very good re-action photo ........ So bite the bullet old buddy and dump it! Making an excuse for any picture isn't going to make it any better whether she got the joke or not. Sorry mate, it's cold cruel real life editing and if you continue to try to use it, in the end you pull your record for making very interesting pictures down with it. Editing can be horrendous at times. All you're doing here is showing a "blurred picture" and a play on words... "Nancy with the Laughing face." Better luck next time. I know I'm a mean assed SOB! ;-) ted