Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Graham, I'm jealous; you guys still have locomotives that belch out smoke! We have a millions trains down here (freight type), but all are diesel powered. I would not have thought about cropping it like you did, but it does seem to work in this image. Jeffery At 02:04 AM 7/2/02, you wrote: >From: "Michael Gerard" <geeman1066@earthlink.net> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Sent: 02 July 2002 05:37 >Subject: Re: [Leica] GeeBees' PAW Week 26 > > > > Graham, > > I like the train in the shot, and love the way that the smoke mixes > > with the clouds. Why did you decide to include so much sky in the shot? > > Just curious... > > Also, my compliments on your latest batch of strangers shots. My > > theory is that the reason why you are getting so much better on these is > > because you are less anxious approaching strangers, and so are better able > > to think about exposure, framing and composition. If my theory is true, > > that would mean that the project is having its intended effect. Any truth > > to my theory? > > Regards, > > Michael Gerard > > geeman1066@earthlink.net > > > > geebeespaw wrote: > > > > > Week 26 > > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/week_26.html > > > > > > PAW Index > > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/paw_index.html >====================================================== >Michael, >Thanks for the input. I included loads of sky because I felt that it was >more photogenic than the foreground because of the fence between the cycle >track and the train line. That said, I would have probably gone with the sky >if the fence wasn't there :-) I love good skies in photographs and we are >getting an amazing run of them at the moment. >The strangers thing? It's not getting any easier. If it were I would go out >this week and polish them off. The standard has improved with the inclusion >of some 'context' shots but I feel it does compromise the rules of 'in the >street' and 'fill the frame'. The 'context' stuff is a little easier only >because I can stay back a bit and not have to shove the camera in someones' >face to fill the frame. In addition the subject feels more comfortable if >they can understand my reason for wanting to photograph them. >You may get a feel for the degree of my discomfort by stopping someone in >the street, asking their permission to take a shot from uncomfortably close >range and then asking them for their name. I break out in a cold sweat just >writing it down. >Graham > >-- >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