Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] sorcery..
From: Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 10:36:29 -0800
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20030112103100.02d1a500@pop.hfx.eastlink.ca> <5.1.0.14.0.20030112112344.01ad2420@pop.hfx.eastlink.ca> <5.1.0.14.0.20030112115954.01ad2420@pop.hfx.eastlink.ca>

Robert G. Stevens suggested:
 > Now that I see the image, the bear is too low in the image.  It might
have
> been better on a stool and if you got closer, cropping out the bottom bed
> frame and etc.  Good exposure and B&W work.

Hi Robert,
Gee I hate to disagree with the good shooter you are. But! ;-)

The bear is just fine, because the light is enough to slightly highlight it
without taking away from the child. It's there like a whispered kind of
quiet statement,  "Jeeesh look at that with the bear!"  The picture doesn't
need  to be altered in anyway or it begins to look set up and the ability of
the photographer to....See it.... ! In it's original state.

Now this isn't saying one shouldn't look for a better angle, but this is one
of those situations where the bear acts as a quiet item in the frame and not
an obvious thing. It's the subtle way he kind of is there, but not there in
a big way.

I suspect if we were to see this as a full frame top to bottom without
scrolling down it would have a greater effect and you might not see it
requiring a higher angle to close the gap between bear and child.

As far as getting a chair and messing around doing things like that in the
ICU could get yer ass kicked from the Chief Nurse of ICU ! Man and they can
be tough moma's when a photog starts messing in their territory. ;-)
ted


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