Re: [Leica] PAW 4 comments by Ted Grant

["Ted Grant" <tedgrant@home.com>]

From: "Matt Kollasch" <matthew.kollasch@uni.edu>
Subject: [Leica] PAW 4 comments by Ted Grant


> Thank, Ted, for your comments.  You make some good points.  I especially
> needed help in thinking about the sunset photo
> <http://www.uni.edu/kollasch/photo/paw/pages/alt02-wk4.htm>.  We get
> some great ones in Iowa so perphaps the next time out I will be able to
> better capture one.
>
> On my PAW 4 you said the following:
> <http://www.uni.edu/kollasch/photo/paw/pages/week-04.htm>
>
> >Improvement:
> >Either not take it in the first place realizing it's kind of interesting,
> >but too confusing. Look for something more tangible within the frame by
> >using a longer lens to isolate on the eyes and face . Or going as wide an
> >aperture on the lens, which may allow a greater isolation of the face and
> >eyes dropping more of the peripheral areas out of focus,  as the left
side
> >and corner of the frame is creating visual confusion as it's "too much in
> >focus" and tends to drag your eye there because it is in focus while the
> >centre of the picture isn't strong enough to hold the eye
>
> I wonder if a polarizing filter would be useful in this situation?
> Also, the way you broke down the possible ways to make it better helps
> me look back on this photo (which I still like :) as well as
ahead.<<<<<<<<<<<

Matt,
If I don't have the polarizer on the lens, I hold it up, give it a twist and
if I can see an improvement, then I put the filter on the lens and shoot a
few.

And this shot is one of those you'd have to look at it through the filter
before you'd know if using it was going to improve it or not. The polarizing
may remove some of the visual confusion and only create more by revealing
more clutter.

ted