Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, I think Allan was referring to the composition, using the wide lens to include the context surrounding the subject, though I'm certainly not clairvoyant! Gilbert On Saturday, May 11, 2002, at 11:00 AM, Ted Grant wrote: > Allan Wafkowski wrote: >>>> I'm glad you kept it open so we can see what is happening around the >> subjects. Nice.<<< > > Sorry Allan I don't quite understand what you mean >>> " I'm glad you > kept > it open so we can see what is happening" <<<< > > Is this not the light creating the effect of openness? It does appear > to be > an overcast soft light day or the smog level is very high and this is > causing a soft boxing light effect. > > Or do you mean he created an exposure to make it look like it was a > softly > lit day? Or do you mean he developed the film and made a print with a > soft > light effect to keep it open.? > > I'm just curious as how this could be done, because in many cases of > outdoor > sunshine days I'd like to have this kind of light effect, so if there's > some > kind of exposure method to cause this soft, no shadow openness I'd sure > like > to know how to achieve it. Thank you. > ted - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html