Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Steve Lehuray wrote and showed: >>>it has become a truly international city with plenty of cultural diversity >> including an assortment of street musicians any time of the day:<<<< > > Hi Steve, > The very thing that makes the shot work is the "light." Thank goodness for > soft light, the best for street people anytime. As harsh sunlight would've > killed the content with deadly shadows, unless the musician were standing in > shade. Thanks Ted, I agree, I hate harsh light and that is why I prefer to shoot on the 'shady side' of the street. That shot was taken at twilight where there was not much light left, 10 minutes later and it was dark. I used my all time favourite lens the 50/1.4 (I want to be buried with that lens). > > On my monitor it looks like the contrast could've been increased slightly, > this is not a criticism of the photograph but as it appears on my screen, > therefore not the case in real world printing. Yes I went back and forth in PhotoShop with it, but ended up with a pretty close match (at least on my monitor) to the 8x10 that I scanned from. > > Certainly this is the better of the two photographs, as the alternate is too > busy for the eyes to lock on and appreciate any one point of it. Your eye > seems to dart here there and everywhere finding "little pictures within the > big picture." Maybe so, but most of my photos have the "little pictures within the big picture", so thanks for noticing, but I guess it does not work on this one. > > As usual for Steve, another keeper! > ted > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant regards, sl >