Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, You could do sneaky, and shift the divers body down a tad to align all four heads in the same plane, and ensure you align them with the corner of the frame to boot. You'd have a gut stopping image then, but I don't know how to do that manipulation, correct the resulting blanks left on the water as a result, and make the whole thing look seamless. Life is complicated.... Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Sunset Swim > OK. I'm posting two alternate crops: > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/155638567 > > http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/155638571 > > Which one? Better than the original? I have lots more of the boys > swimming and diving, but this is the only one where he's perfectly upside > down! > > Thanks, > > Tina > > > On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 2:33 PM, George Lottermoser < > george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote: > >> >> On May 13, 2014, at 11:49 AM, Douglas Barry wrote: >> >> > Personally, I think it looks better and has better impact, Tina. >> > >> > Douglas >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at >> > comporium.net> >> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 3:40 PM >> > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Sunset Swim >> > >> > >> >> How is this? >> >> >> >> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/155634895 >> >> >> >> Compared to http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/155633772 >> >> I agree that the tighter crop >> 1) has more impact >> 2) makes it look "less dangerous" >> >> however, putting "diver" dead center >> does not work for me. >> I'd be searching for the tight yet asymmetrically balanced composition >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >