Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John Thanks for taking the time to look at the photos. Main image - you are quite correct, I thought about cropping the left hand side but wanted to make it obvious that we were in an art gallery. I also liked the way the rail started out of focus, went into focus and then out again Alt 1 I selected this on the basis of the way the pyramids lined up. Alt 2 Personally I think this is the weakest, as someone else mentioned it's difficult for the eye to settle on one place. Alt 3 I don't think this was shot at f/1 - if it had been I think that the background would be even more OOF Steve - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of John Amiet Sent: 23 January 2002 13:03 To: LUG Messages Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW week 4 Steve Unsworth Steve, Your main image http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/PAW/week_04.htm I find a bit 'wandery'. ie. elements take my eye back and forth. Restless is the word I'm looking for. Perhaps crop very tight to the guy with the digital thing plud the girl behind. Between them they are more directional. I know you probably wanted to get a 'gallery' effect so included more. Maybe you should have waited till more people were looking in the same direction??? Alternate 1 http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/PAW/week_04alt1.htm A 'nice' pic. Trouble is I feel it is a bit common. ie. done before by many. I think the blacks/shadows are a bit mucky, is this just the scan? Nevertheless, if I had been there I would have shot it anyway, but maybe tried something a bir different for PAW. Alt 2 http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/PAW/week_04alt2.htm I like this one the best. Maybe I would go for a lower camera angle to dramatize the converging aspect between the man and the girl, to reflect more strongly the line of the ceiling. However, I do notice that the girl is actually walking and maybe there was not time for such consideration. Alt. 3 http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/PAW/week_04alt3.htm This pic is too dimembered for me. It may be suffering from 'small screen syndrone (at least on my computer). It may work better viewed without scrolling. Actually I just shrank the image after writing the last comment and it does look better when you can see all the image at once! I also feel the OOF area could be a bit more OOF to reduce distraction. Try f0.5 :-) Thems my thoughts. Cheers, JohnA John Amiet Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Email. jeapic@operamail.com PAW Index: http://www.showplace.com.au/jamiet/PAW.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html