Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Didier, Thanks for your comments. The DOF (along with eye contact and lack thereof) is what I like about the photo. Interesting point about composition...It sounds like a very subtle thing you are suggesting. The shot was very much a quick snap, so it doesn't surprise me that the composition could be improved. On your advice, I will try to play around with cropping slightly and see if I can improve the photo. It might also allow me to crop in enough to remove the black line on the left, which I find distracting. Good luck with those 100 rolls...that's quite a pile to wade through. I'm sure you will have many gems in there. Thanks for looking, Aaron >Aaron > >An interesting shot. I like the control of DOF, as the uncle is slightly >bokeh'd while the boy is contrastier and sharper, and the background is >completely out of DOF. > >Seen from the composition point of view, I would have liked to see the two >persons "a little" more at the left, I mean the boy a bit closer to the >the middle, but not exactly in the middle, to maken the shape of both >persons a bit less symmetric to the frame. I'm shure many will disagree >about that :-) > >I have about 100 unprocessed rolls from the last 6 months in my fridge, >I'm ready for a P.A.Y. (picture a year...) > >Thanks for sharing, >Didier > > > >>Folks, >> >>I've got a snap-portrait of my uncle and his son/my cousin for my PAW >>this week. I tried a crazy developing scheme of very dilute HC110 >>(1+100) in hot water (29degC) for 7mins with NO agitation other than the >>first 10 secs (for TriX at 400). I'm not sure I like it, but I do like >>this pic: >> >>http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2004_39/index.html >> >>Full disclosure: I've been working my way through a pile of undeveloped >>TriX, so, although recently developed, this was shot way back in >>May. Man, keeping up with this PAW-stuff ain't easy! >> >>Comments-n-stuff always welcome and thanks for looking, >>Aaron