Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's okay - it certainly works for me, the way you shot it. My personal prejudice is toward "loose" framing, which, I believe, gives more of a sense of the subject's environment. B. D. Nathan Wajsman wrote: > > Thanks, B.D. I guess I could have moved in a bit closer, which would have made > the background less cluttered and even more out of focus, but frankly there was > no time for that. The place was quite crowded, and a second later there were > several people between me and the two guys. > > Nathan > > "B. D. Colen" wrote: > > > Very nice shot, Nathan. Yes, Maria, the background is a bit "cluttered" > > and active, but backgrounds usually are in real life. The two figures > > are clearly dominant - the center of attention. And anything done to > > make that background even softer would look weird. > > > > B. D. > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/ > General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ > Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/