Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Peter, As someone else said, you need to edit a lot tighter. There are many almost identical photos. This is made even more problematic for us viewers by the fact that you use Flickr, which has just about the worst user interface of any photo sharing site. To look at a Flickr gallery with more than a few (<10) photos is frankly a painful experience. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Nov 14, 2008, at 9:15 PM, Peter Cheyne wrote: > Hello fellow Luggers! > > I'm just getting into rangefinder photography, although SLR > photography has been a hobby for the last 5 years. > I posted here once before and one person gave me a good tip on which > lens to use, another told me to avoid flash, > great advice, thank you, that helps a lot, but my f/2 lenses are a > bit slow with 400 film for the kid of photos I want to make, > still, I will not use flash again, as it is ruinous, I now see; and > another Lugger gave me some > sound advice that I don't need to fret about what lens or film I > use, but just use the same film for one season or for > one year. I will try to keep to a film diet, but with two films > rather than one - Neopan 400 and Provia 400X , because I enjoy > transparencies. > > Um, could you chaps take a wee look at some of my latest attempts > (www.flickr.com/photos/geordiepete)and > tell me where > I'm going wrong, what bad habits I might be developing, and what, if > anything, I'm doing that is interesting and needs bringing out? > > I think some of my photographs are low in contrast, too many are > centre-framed (because I imagine the photo I want, and > my brain keeps it, but after focus is achieved in the middle of the > viewfinder, my forefinger squeezes the button instead of waiting for > me > to recompose. Lazy, impatient or not practiced enough, I'm not sure > which. > > Advice of all kinds welcome, as before. > > Thank you! > > Peter > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information