Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the feedback :) I kept highlight detail but got no shadow detail :| - -- John Chicago, IL http://SlideOne.com ==================== on 1/28/02 11:26 PM, Nathan Wajsman at wajsman@webshuttle.ch wrote: > John, > > Harsh comments forthcoming ;-) > >> http://slideone.com/PAW2002/week04.02.html >> Self Crit: I like the group interaction on the left side of the frame and >> the single girl doing her thing in the mirror. The blur of the passers by >> gives a slight feeling of 'happening'. The poster in the upper right need a >> burn job. Overall it works ok for me. > > This is not bad, except that there is no obvious center of interest. I would > like it better if all three girls in the center were turned toward the camera. > But I do like the blur of passers by. > >> http://slideone.com/PAW2002/week04alt1.02.html >> Self Crit: The composition feel good to me but the small amount of emptiness >> in the center may bother me a little. I like the two foreground people w/o >> them the shot would be flat. I thought of a little crop along the top but >> seem to like how the various rectangle shapes (posters, light, and drawing) >> work together... > > The foreground is the most interesting part of this picture, and you should > probably have focused close on these two people rather than taking in the > entire > scene. > >> http://slideone.com/PAW2002/week04alt2.02.html >> Self Crit: I think this shot would have worked better if I was up on a chair >> looking down a little. I like the pull on the polaroid but the arm blocking >> the camera is bothersome. A little profile of the photographers face might >> help too but I don't think totally necessary... > > This is actually my favorite of these pictures. Not seeing the photographer's > face does not bother me. > >> http://slideone.com/PAW2002/week04alt3.02.html >> Self Crit: The girl painting seems ok. I'm not sure of the lady in the BG. >> Showing a little more of the work area on the left might help too or panning >> the camera that way... > > Here, I would lower the camera a bit (it seems like you are looking down on > the > girl) and wait until the woman in the background disappeared. > > Good job with the developing and scanning, BTW. You have retained detail in > the > highlights with a 1600 film, well done! > > Nathan - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html