Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Michael, Thanks for taking the time to look and comment. You are right that the images could be cropped some more. I tend to be rather puritan and crop as little as possible, but this time I must admit that I was simply in a hurry. The Böögg is one of those special strange Swiss words which cannot be translated. I do not believe it is used in any other context than this particular event. Kind regards, Nathan Michael Gerard wrote: > Nathan, > What an interesting festival. I > particularly like the name of the snowman--the > Boogg. How does one pronounce it? What does > the word mean? > I think that the main and the first and > second alternates all could use some cropping. > It seems to me that the Boogg should occupy a > more significant place in the photo. Might you > be able to cut the tree on the right? There's a > nice break in the crowd there as well. In your > first alternate shot, I think that the kids and > the lightpole could be most all of the picture. > In the second alternate, I think you could cut > the distracting scaffolding in the upper right > corner of the photo. > Of the face shots, I like the fourth and > fifth alternates. The break in the crowd forms > a nice diagonal in the former, and the halo of > light around the sausage seller's head is nice > in the fifth alternate. However, the sign on > his stand really breaks the fifth picture into > two halves in a way that is disconcerting to > me. I couldn't figure out to crop to put the > picture in better balance. > Thanks for sharing the details of this > festival with us. I think it is a great idea. > Growing up as a New Englander, I think that all > northern climes should have such a festival > Regards, > Michael Gerard > geeman1066@earthlink.net > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html