Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://photoethnography.com/gallery/index-frameset.html?paw2003/index10.html ~mainFrame My original comment re: >>> Kelly Farm Washbasin 2: Basket: Toooo bad! :-( As there's so much potential here if you had bent your knees and got down for a better angle and tightened the cropping to eliminate the background right side junk. Which I'm sure you must have seen in the viewfinder. No? Not to forget the highlighted wash board behind the basket which distracts completely from the image. Another item to have been eliminated by bending your knees for a lower angle. The tilt down angle of the wall behind the basket would be eliminated by bending your knees! :-) As small an action as this is, it makes a tremendous difference for a successful photograph or not. Karen's response: > > This I have to disagree vehemently. The diagonals are part of the > look here. I guess it's a function of my being from the MTV > generation.<<<< OK Karen, But there isn't any generation gap here, me - you or in creativeness, as an error of camera handling is an error of camera handling regardless of age or generation. If you'd wanted to do your "MTV view" then at least do it right and use a 21 or 15 and really crank the diagonals into a beautiful direction of diagonals and not the "slightly tilted" side lines because you didn't get down a little lower when using a 50mm lens to shoot this. And or the jug. My comment was far more intended for the "-- highlight on the wash board--" not that the washboard was there. As the glare off the shiny surface is without question an eye distraction as it drags the eye away from the beautifully lit basket to that has the potential for a good photograph. Even at the angle you took it and when you first looked at the shot after exposure you still didn't attempt, maybe you did, but not enough. Burn down the wash board light reflection. An this comment has nothing to do with any generation gap. Just look at the shot without emotion.... your eye goes to the glare first then to the basket which is beautifully lit. And because you made the exposure in the first place indicates you have a damn fine eye for light as a motivating factor in your photography. After all recognizing beautiful light is the number one element in successful photographs. However, in this case the "reflection" item takes the edge off the complete photograph. And that ma'am is the reason I make my comment. And if you still " disagree vehemently" that's prerogative. ted - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html