Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Gary, Thanks for commenting. I took the shot because of the shape of the large cluster of blooms. When I adjusted the exposure in the RAW converter, I saw the opportunity to emphasize the shadows, and I took that route. Cropping is always about choices. I don't like centered images, so I chose the extra area to position the main image. Others may have chosen a different route. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Dalton" <grdalton at hotmail.com> To: "LUG" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2009 10:13 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: A Different Friday Flower by Jim N. > > Jim, nice work... It is certainly a different view... > > Did you "find" this shot or did you set up side lighting? > > Stating the obvious, the ample light allowed you a smaller aperture that > brings in the foliage nicely. I wonder, however, if cropping out the > "independent" twig to the right would work better to keep the eye to the > Rhodie... Just a thought... > > G. > > > > > >> From: jhnichols at lighttube.net >> To: lug at leica-users.org >> Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 00:11:27 -0500 >> CC: olympus at thomasclausen.net >> Subject: [Leica] IMG: A Different Friday Flower by Jim N. >> >> With my recent flower photos, I have made an effort to show the beauty >> that can be found in common blooms. In looking for an image for this >> Friday, I was attracted to the shadows formed by the side-lighting on >> this Rhododrendron cluster. I decided to use the unusual view this >> Friday, just to illustrate another way of viewing the flowers. >> >> In some lens experimentation, I was using the closest example I have to a >> "35mm standard" lens to use on the E-510, in this case a Takumar >> 1.8/55mm, which becomes the equivalent of a 110mm lens in terms of a >> full-frame 35mm system. The longer focal length is much easier to focus >> than the Elmarit-R 2.8/28 that I have been using lately, but the lens is >> not as sharp as the Leica lens. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Shadows+14.tif.html >> >> Comments and critiques welcomed. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail? goes with you. > http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Mobile1_052009 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >