Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Phong, I appreciate your taking a careful look and your thoughtful comments... The light from a window rear and left, also wide open lens, so narrow dof...I wish both eyes were in sharp focus... I was trying hard to focus on eyes /nose... close...but anyway...on to the subject, a four month old...really into books ...like her mother, who majored in comparative literature, and is a lawyer....... :-) Steve - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 7:03 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] eyes... > Hi Steve, > > Something didn't seem quite right to me about > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-51476.html > so I took another look. I wonder if it is perhaps > misfocused and also if the depth-of-field is too > narrow. First, the far eye seems more focused > than the near eye. Second, perhaps more importantly, > the lettering on the T-shirt behind the baby, being > in the same focus plan as the far eye, is also > sharper than the near eye, taking the focus > away from the baby's face. Third, the hands (of the > adult and the baby) and the book could be less > out of focus, as I think they are important elements > of the photo. > > I would try to crop away the lettering on the > T-shirt, though that would also diminish or even > eliminate the adult/baby relationship. Blurring it > is another possibility, dodging is a third. > > Also the baby's face seems overexposed to me, though > of course this may be more a scan issue. > > Just my opinion, of course. In any case, thanks for > posting. Others, please feel free to chime in. If > you don't, I'll go back to the Mac vs. Windows thread > with Eric. :-) > > > - Phong > > Not saying anything implies neither consent nor disapproval. > > NO ARCHIVE > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Steve > > Barbour > > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 6:02 PM > > To: PAW; See; LUG; LEG > > Subject: [Leica] eyes... > > > > > > latest posting... > > > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-51476.html > > > > > > M7 Noctilux f1 portrabw 400 > > > > > > thanks for looking... > > > > Steve > > > > > > Steve Barbour > > > > kididdoc@cox.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html