Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looking only at the background (outdoors) or the foreground (indoors), one might conclude mistakenly that the photo was either overexposed or underexposed; but the small bit of light that reveals the shape of the girl's face proves the exposure to have been perfect; and what's more, the washed out background and dark foreground isolate the subject just as effectively as shallow depth of field might in a picture with less contrast. An excellent picture! Have you considered cropping out the three sunlit rails along the left edge? (At first I thought the photo benefits from the context the rails lend it, but on second look, I've wondered whether that might be outweighed by the simplicity that would result from cutting them.) And I second Dick Hemingway's observation about your fine knack for capturing a mood! Art Peterson ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: [Leica] 90/2.0 Author: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us at internet Date: 2/28/98 9:38 AM LUGnuts, I have a new photo taken with the M6 and the 90/2.0 on the Photoforum Gallery at <http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/gallery.html>. Comments and criticisms welcome. Thanks, Tina ______________________________________________________________________ Tina Manley, ASMP <http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html> <http://www.aperture-photo.com/site/reportage/manley/manleyframeset.html> <http://www.onlineartistleague.com/manleyt/portfoli.htm>