Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/14

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Comment - Criticism - Merciless Mirth...what ever...
From: Brougham <brougham3@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 11:36:02 -0800 (PST)

"B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote:

> I have posted the latest such shoot at
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=76808
> 
> and welcome comment, criticism, suggestions, etc. etc. etc.

Overall, fantastic.  But you already know I generally like what you
put up.  So I'm gonna point out what I don't like.  :)

> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?photo_id=119779

Cutting off the top of the guy's head is a bit disconcerting.  I think
it would be better if you shifted up and to the left.  Maybe crop a
smidgen of the baby's face, but at least include the man's eyes.  Fill
flash set on -3 or -4 or so would have brought out the baby's eyes.
I'm guessing that a real print shows a bit more detail there, but a
catchlight might be nice.  Who needs a fill flash when you have
photoshop, though?  :)

> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?photo_id=119783

I'd crop a slice off the left.  The junk back there doesn't add
anything that I can tell.

> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?photo_id=119793

I don't like the little girl's head being cut off.  The subject being
a "big girl" and getting the silverware herself is priceless, though.
Enough such that if this were my family, I'd include this print even
with the headless girl.  :)  I like the angle you chose!

> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?photo_id=119796

I'm almost starting to think this girl is in the witness protection
program, and that you don't want to show her face.  Love the
composition, though.

> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?photo_id=119801

The chair legs take away from this one.  Not sure that cropping would
help.  Next time, pick up pooch and baby carrier, bring them forward a
few feet, and then take the picture!  :)

> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?photo_id=119805

Neato!

> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?photo_id=119807

The highlights on the right have been lost...at least on my monitor.
Just a big blob of white without detail next to and under the lady.
Looks like half a torso just floating in thin air.  :)  Love the baby,
though!

> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?photo_id=119816

This is unusual in that its the first vertical picture of the bunch.
It seems out of place.  I'd suggest including more verticals in the
bunch, or leaving them all out.  It just seems weird only having a
few.

> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?photo_id=119820

The lady doesn't like you, B.D.!  She's flipping you off!!

> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?photo_id=119824

Love the expressions!  (Oops...I claimed up above that I was only
going to talk about what I didn't like.  Oh, well.  Sue me.)

> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?photo_id=119833

Looks out of focus to me.  My eye wants to look 1) at the girl on the
left, then 2) at the girl on the right, and finally 3) on the baby
where you focused.

> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?photo_id=119836

Fantastic, B.D.!  If I were the parents, I'd probably want a large
print of this to hang on the living room wall.  :)

> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?photo_id=119845

Cute little bugger.  :)

> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo.tcl?photo_id=119876

Might need to make two large prints...  This one's a definite keeper,
too.



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