Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don: I would have not noticed the distractions in the background unless you pointed them out. I was bothered by the chair in the foreground though. The out of focus items I think add to the ambiance of the picture. It is a picture of a person reading a paper in a busy cafe. If I had eliminated the person in the background and perhaps the chair to the left, it would have just been a person reading a paper. It could have been in her own kitchen, if it was cropped too tight. I really couldn't get any closer without sitting in the chair at her table. I was at the next table sitting down and shooting from my seat. Regards, Robert At 08:18 AM 3/23/2002 -0500, Don Dory wrote: >http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/PAW2002/wk12alt.htm > >I think this alternate is the stronger image than the main PAW. > >The alternate's distractions are the OOF head growing out of the main >subjects head and the bright line coming out of her head. Both could have >been eliminated by moving closer and moving to the right. A further benefit >to closer and slightly different composition is bringing more of the glass? >wall and unoccupied chair into view. Possibly going to a vertical would >also help to eliminate the distractions. > >The above is not meant to say the presented image isn't worthwhile. But >street photography is much harder than it looks, there are all these >misplaced elements that if we could just freeze time, move our models, >adjust our props, or take a lot more frames. > >Don >dorysrus@mindspring.com > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html