Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://slideone.com/PAW2002/week04.02.html First, this is a good effort for a difficult place. Without other versions we don't know what the effect of slightly faster shutter speeds would be but I suspect that a slightly faster speed would give more texture to the shot or a burst of extremely weak flash(say at -4 stops) to bring out the diversity of the flow. Also, instead of burning in the posters why not shoot from an angle that excludes them? As TG has mentioned, you can burn a lot of film with this technique to get one great shot. http://slideone.com/PAW2002/week04alt1.02.html I think that if you could have moved your camera position lower, keeping all of the drawing on the wall unobscured, and to the left to show some of the details of the art that the students on the right are working on that would have better tied the two halves of this image together. Most people gravitate to a telephoto because it is so difficult to bring disparate parts of an image into a working whole. http://slideone.com/PAW2002/week04alt2.02.html Yes, higher and to the right to block the soft box. The students expression make the photo. I don't find the arm blocking the camera difficult unless you are trying to market the camera. Polaroid can use the advertising right now. http://slideone.com/PAW2002/week04alt3.02.html This is a good record shot. With the empty halls did you try to use the girl as a strong foreground with the empty halls stretching off into the distance as a background? Regarding Xtol. Shoot a roll in somewhat contrasty lighting and develop it at 1:3 for between 12 and 14 minutes at 72F. When I post my PAW the image of Sharise has detail deep into her hair that I chose not to do the contortions necessary to bring out and show the environmental highlights as well. I really think that the added dilution helps with neopan 1600. Don Dory dorysrus@mindspring.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html