[Leica] Firkin week two

[cmbrow at wm.edu (Chandos Michael Brown)]

Alastair,

I think that your self-criticism is pretty on the mark.  

http://gallery.leica-users.org/Alastairs-PAW-2005/W2alt1

Is to my mind the most successful.  Perhaps move in a bit closer (to
lose the piling on the right edge of the frame and the retaining wall in
the foreground) and a little exposure compensation to saturate the
colors.  Then some contrast tweaking in Photoshop.  The sky's not giving
you much to work with, but perhaps this is worth a return visit when the
light's better?

Cheers!

Chandos

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Firkin
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 4:33 PM
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Subject: [Leica] Firkin week two

This two down and a lot to go. The LUG print exchange said; "summer". 
Well there has not really been much of a summer this year. I was 
relying on my days at the beach and weekends in the bush, but Cliches 
are just that. I started gearing up for the "summer" project with a 
shot of a cricket match played on a community oval in Ballarat. What 
could be more "summer".

http://gallery.leica-users.org/Alastairs-PAW-2005/W2alt2

Too far away, too little impact, no inspiration, so off to the beach. 
Children playing in the sand:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/Alastairs-PAW-2005/W2alt5

Playing 'stick' on the beach:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/Alastairs-PAW-2005/W2alt3

Ok, I need to think. Summer hot dry, there has been a drought in 
Australia and the lake is very low. Boatsheds on the lake sans water. 
Now there is a good summer shot. Caught up in the dogs leads and trying 
to get a good angle, it almost works, but somehow it still looks like 
mess, and in none of the shots did I quite get the feeling of dry hot 
summers days: the light was not right, and when it stinks, so do your 
images ;-)

http://gallery.leica-users.org/Alastairs-PAW-2005/W2alt1

On the way home I tried taking some kangaroo paw: well its a PAW after 
all.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/Alastairs-PAW-2005/W2alt4

Still felt like rubbish, so off to the bush and the great River Red 
gum: I have a lot of trouble with the Australian bush. Its not "pretty" 
in fact its pretty messy, so finding a clean dramatic image is always 
difficult (for me). I am beginning to learn some tricks, but although I 
put this up as this weeks PAW, I was still not happy to submit it as a 
"summer" LUG print for exchange.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/Alastairs-PAW-2005/Week2

Comments would be delightful ;-)

Cheers

Alastair

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