Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I would like to thank everyone who commented. Ric wrote: "super set! ric" Jayanand wrote: "+1 Cheers Jayanand" Jean-Michel wrote: "A very interesting series, the colours are beautiful, one can understand why they've chosen to live there. Great place. Thanks for sharing. Jean-Michel" Charlie wrote: "Oliver, The first shot with the mailboxes is my favourite. Love the saturated colours and the subdued greens. Almost like kodachrome! Best wishes, Charlie" Philippe wrote: "Superb colour work - and nice compositions. MUST be seen large. About the ships/hulls, I think a little less DoF would have helped blur the somewhat plain - read ugly?- background. All in all very enjoyable, thanks for posting. Bien cordialement de MEtz Philippe" I agree that defocusing the background would have improved some of these images. I was preoccupied with avoiding geometric distortions such as converging verticals, always a challenge with a wide angle lens on a handheld camera. Because most of the houseboats are about my height or less I had to crouch or kneel on narrow walkways that moved gently up and down with the action of the waves while the subjects in the frame swayed gently from side to side. Oliver