Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "David Degner" regarding: http://www.sonc.com/paw/fireworks.htm > I love the color and originality, though the composition is a little > discomforting. I love how you actually have to look in the reflection to > clearly see the fireworks. Was this intentional? Thanks, David I shot several frames of this scene, and this is the one I liked best. As far as intention, with so many uncontrolable elements in the scene, you often have to just keep shooting, and have faith that one of the shots will work. This is a time exposure of a scene of moving fire, and just to the left of me was an identical fireworks show, accounting for the strong side fill light. It also enabled us to see the people on frame right. As to the composition, I'm not sure what you mean by discomforting. I played with cropping for some time to get what I thought might be balanced. This is cropped from a horizontal shot. I played with a tighter cropping, but felt the seawall would then lead to the middle of the frame, drawing the eye the wrong way. Regards Sonny http://www.sonc.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html