Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 15, 2013, at 5:02 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > George Lottermoser SHOWED: > Subject: [Leica] IMG: ASSIGNMENT #3: "VASE & FLOWERS BY WINDOW LIGHT!" > >> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=7947> > > > Hi George: > Very very interesting! Nice to see one in the shape of the assignment > request! Thanks. > > As I often say, it's our abilities to observe the moments as simple or > complicated as they maybe, that sorts out many photographers in being > consistently a successful shooter! > As in this photograph it makes you stop and look at the details and > lighting. I particularly like the lighting of the scene. > > It's one of your forte showing photos! They always make one stop, look for > a > while and admire your momentary click! > > Would I change anything? Nope? However if one wanted to be a mickey mouse > nit picker? I try not to be! ;-) BUT? ;-) > > At the very bottom of the frame there's a small crooked shadow? Caused by a > stem? And as much as it's hardly noticeable? If someone wanted to be a nit > picking SOB you could lose brownie points if the photo were in a "fine art > viewing chamber." > > In the future? See and remove if possssible offending stem? Or use some > form > of Photoshop and spot it out to the same colour as the surounding area. > > Like I say the above comment re-shadow? Is pure nit-picking. Very interesting nit-picking too. I went back and forth and every which way re: that shadow; and in the end very consciously decided on this composition; actually loving the repetition of the right angle; as well as the continuation of the shadow from the focal point. In other words I "love that shadow." ;~) Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist