Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "Dante Stella" <dante@umich.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: 12 August 2003 03:31 Subject: Re: [Leica] GeeBees' PAW week 32 > Fantastic composition - is it real?! > > On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 11:30 AM, GeeBee wrote: > > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/32_2003.html > > ======================================================== Hi Dante, Spent a lot of time trying to get something other than a plain white sky but it's real. Some may wonder why I had on a red filter for a comparatively featureless sky, the reason was that the paraglider was back and forth along the cliff edge and when I turned 180 degrees to track him the sky in the other direction was more interesting: http://www.geebeephoto.com/cliff.html I suppose I could have tried getting the guy to move but I didn't know him and he was not really comfortable being photographed even though he said yes when I asked if it would be ok. I believe that it was his discomfort at being photographed that led him, without any prompting on my part, to look away from the camera at the paraglider which fortuitously helped the composition imo. I also liked the nervous dog taking refuge under his arm from the paraglider but you will need a magnifying glass to spot it. Thanks for looking. - --Graham - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html