Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> Subject: [Leica] Cloisters/Alternate Crops > Spent more time looking at one of the shots I posted earlier this > week and decided on two alternate crops that work better for me. > Here's the original: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/06_02_0177_web > > In this alternate I cropped the original negative more loosely and > feel it gives a stronger impression of the environment the gal is > enjoying. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/06_02_0177_alt_crop1_web > > And, from a different negative, a vertical crop that focuses > attention more on the woman than her environment. I like the slight > upward tilt on the subject's face here, too. That's missing from the > other shot. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/NYC/06_01_0176_alt_crop2a_web > > To me either alternative works better than the first crop though they > have different emphasizes. > > Comments welcome as always. > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Richard, I prefer the first one. The only gain for me in the two alts is the tilt of the head. The original has a very strong sense of soaking up the sun which would get an extra boost from the head tilt but overall I think the first one has everything needed for a fine shot. I think that having been impressed with it at first viewing I sort of fixed on the original. --Graham