Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, I like what you are aiming for, but I don't think you have achieved it yet. Your focus seems helter-skelter. In large part, Jeff's problem with too much stimuli had to do with his use of color. B&W imposes its own limitations. Every one of your images (with the exception of the first, which I don't think is well composed) would be improved with lens to horizon focus. There is no good reason that a full 1/4 of the last image is an out of focus tree trunk. The path leads the eye, and the out of focus tree merely holds the eye on an uninteresting object for a moment too long. You have quite nicely sheared the images of unneeded subject matter, and you have good lines leading the eye. Put everything (or most) in focus. I certainly hope you will post more stuff; there are a lot of good things going on in the images. Allan On Thursday, February 14, 2002, at 07:57 PM, John Amiet wrote: > theorized that tele lens' would help with selective focus, thus > concentrating on one > particular aspect of the scene. > Following is my first foray into the problem. > This pic is looking along my regular walking track on the clifftop at > the beach. > http://www.showplace.com.au/PH14293_6.jpg > This is the same part of the track looking the opposite way. > http://www.showplace.com.au/PH14293_8.jpg > This image I find reminiscent of Eugene Smith's famous pic of the two > young children walking through the > bush - minus the children. > I must try doing something like that! > http://www.showplace.com.au/PH14294_11.jpg > This image is part of a semi-hidden track connecting the beach and > clifftop track. Very jungle-like > environment, yet not 50metres away is a main highway. > http://www.showplace.com.au/PH14294_7.jpg > > If people are interested, I will share more exciting (to me anyway) > pictures of my world in the near future. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html