Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill Clough showed another very interesting photograph: Subject: [Leica] Panhandle--Waiting for a good Samaritan who never came >>>> Here is the latest Texas Panhandle submission: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/Panhandle/Wayside+House-0769+June+ 1969.jpg.html<<<<< Hi Bill, Another wonderful photograph. We all know good photography takes a number of things to make it look good, great, wonderful, whatever! Light, "shoot from the shadow side" framing, angle, composition and several other things. We see these elements used in your photographs consistently. As in the case of this one excellent use of "shooting from the shadow side" as the crew have heard me say a zillion times. Many think I only mean when photographing people, but that's not the case at all. It's every conceivable location where light can be used to enhance a scene, person or whatever. Here the framing, composition and great use of the light due to shooting from the shadow side. These elements are so simple it's truly amazing how some folks miss them when we can see in their photograph, that if the shooter had taken three steps to the right or left the picture would've enhanced a 100 fold immediately. Several of you lads have a very distinct eye for the use of light and it's always obvious in your results. I should say it's your use of light and shadows that make them work. A wonderful ability. ted