Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] PWIFLI: Dogs and small children - Get closer
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 16:46:43 -0700
References: <000001c37ca5$202d8cd0$6401a8c0@dorysrusp4> <3F67999F.9D773F72@pacbell.net>

Jerry Lehrer wrote:
> 
> Don
> 
> You are beginning to sound like Mark Rabiner.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> Don Dory wrote:
> 
> > Peter,
> > Of the crops, this is the one I like best.
> > http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/tofino/3-37MomBabySunsetCrop3.jpg
> >
> > But the important thing would be, which one grabs you?  Then figure out
> > why it grabs you, it could be a negative as in the railing really
> > bothers me in which case learn free transform in PS to fix this.
> >
> > In other words, move your art through external or internal criticism by
> > going through a process of refining, then getting better.
> >
> > Don
> > dorysrus@mindspring.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Peter
> > Klein
> > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 11:13 PM
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: RE: [Leica] PWIFLI: Dogs and small children - Get closer
> >
> > Regarding:
> > http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/tofino/3-37MomBabySunset.jpg
> >
> > Don Dory wrote:
> >  > So, why not get closer?
> > (and Phong agrees but thinks the light makes up for it, and Afterswift
> > thinks I should leave well enough alone)
> >
> > Better?
> > http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/tofino/3-37MomBabySunsetCrop2.jpg
> >
> > I wish the railing wasn't at a slight angle, but I can't do too much
> > about
> > that because the film plane wasn't parallel to the railing, and I was
> > higher.  I *was* photographing the people, not the ship.  :-)  So
> > rotating
> > slightly to make it look right on one side makes it look more wrong on
> > the
> > other.  The maddening thing is that the distant shoreline (cropped off
> > all
> > of the versions) *is* level.
> >
> > This resolves the vertical line issue, but I think it's going too far:
> > http://www2.2alpha.com/~pklein/tofino/3-37MomBabySunsetCrop3.jpg
> >
> > Door #1, Door #2 or Door #3?  The lady or the tiger?
> >
> > --Peter
> >
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What was the middle part again?



Mark Rabiner
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.rabinergroup.com
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In reply to: Message from "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com> (RE: [Leica] PWIFLI: Dogs and small children - Get closer)
Message from Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net> (Re: [Leica] PWIFLI: Dogs and small children - Get closer)