Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Alastair, Thanks! Others have also commented that the people should be done away with, but I felt that they were needed to add a sense of scale. Maybe I should reconsider... Nathan Alastair Firkin wrote: > >Last weekend we went shopping to Singen, > >http://www.wajsman.com/2002_3.jpg > >(M6,Fuji Acros, 24mm Elmarit) > > > >My alternate this week is another Swiss landscape, > >http://www.wajsman.com/2002_3alt1.jpg > >(M3, 50mm Summilux, Maco 820 IR film) > > Nathan, > > Well that is what I call bookends. Both ends of the spectrum. Both > images are quite beautiful, but the first could benefit from a more > definite human presence. The people in this image are just too far > away for me -- can't say how you could fix it using the same > patterned work of the carts, but maybe the image would be stronger > without anyone in it at all. > > Cheers > > -- > Alastair Firkin > > http://www.afirkin.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html