Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 32: This and that around here
From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 07:27:04 +1000

You are welcome Nathan, the light must have been quite weird on those 
haystacks then !!!

Cheers
On Sunday, Aug 17, 2003, at 14:58 Australia/Melbourne, Nathan Wajsman 
wrote:

> Thanks Alastair--for the list this a good example of constructive
> criticism, as Alastair did not like the pictures and explained why, 
> without
> even the slightest hint of personal attack.
>
> To your points--the main shot is indeed very much a snap. I was 
> sitting in
> the crowded outdoor cafe, and saw the dog in the chair. No possibility 
> for
> moving around to get the woman in the picture too, so I just squeezed 
> off
> two frames, and this one was the better of the two. The "dirt" in the 
> first
> alternate are birds, and the colour in the second alternate is already 
> less
> saturated than what I originally saw in PS when I opened the file.
>
> Nathan
>
> Alastair Firkin wrote:
>
>> For me, this was a disappointing crop of images: the first looks like 
>> a
>> snap, and is missing the fourth member of the team, leaving a drinking
>> glass behind, the second looked "dirty", but that may be insects or
>> birds in the sky, and the tonality was too flat (for me), and the 
>> third
>> looks wrong and reminds me of the colour I often get from the 1 hour
>> lab. Composition as always is strong, but I expect that when visiting
>> places with Nathan.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Alastair
>>
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>
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Alastair

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