Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simon: I think this is quite good. This portrait oozes character. You have communicated a warm human personality to the viewer. My only critical suggestion is that as a portrait perhaps a tighter crop would work (surprised to hear myself say that; as a general rule I dont go in for cropping much). I also dont see the relevance of the fact that she is in a nursing home. There are no artifacts present that tell this part of the story, and this images does not need that background information to make it successful. This is not an environmental portrait, simply a great capture of an inner person. Cheers Jack McLain Tucson, AZ http://jackmclain-photography.dotcommunity.net - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Stevens" <simon@camera-craftsman.com> To: "LUG LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 12:54 PM Subject: [Leica] Not quite PAW, but please could you take a look > http://www.camera-craftsman.com/Doreen.html > > I'd like feedback if possible on this picture. I quite like it, but I > am far too close to the subject. It is a shot I took of my Aunt, who > is in a nursing home suffering from a stroke. I was trying to get her > looking reasonably dignified and I altered nothing to take the picture, > not even my location. The idea was to not make too much fuss. > On the other hand, it may simply by a nice sharp family snap. As I > say, I am too close to the subject matter to tell. Objective comments > would be appreciated. > > Simon Stevens > > -- > 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