[Leica] Saturday Stairs

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

Thanks, Ted.

Perhaps we owe it all to my Mom and her potty training methods. I  
confess to being anal about squares and parallels (and bits of things  
intruding into the edge of frame).

On these sorts of shots, I try very hard to square things up (comes  
natural to a professional Freemason;^)) and will confess to minor  
tweaking with Photoshop when I slip.

Ric



On Nov 5, 2005, at 9:28 AM, Ted Grant wrote:

> When Ric showed his week of photographs there's a great lesson in  
> camera handling if one paid particular attention.
>
> Look at them, you don't have to look too carefully to see how well  
> his camera handling technique is perfect! Certainly while using a  
> 21mm lens it's difficult at the best of times keeping horizontal  
> and vertical lines perfect. On interior situations it's got to be  
> perfect unless you want an ugly distorted scene. Heck it's tough  
> enough on the street keeping the world straight, but if one wants  
> solid good looking interiors they have to be right on the mark.
>
> Obviously if you wish a wild and woolly distorted shot, then go as  
> wild an angle and get the greatest of distortion, but don't get a  
> tiny bit.
>
> But here we see how a wide angle lens should be handled....the  
> interiors are so well shot they cried out to be admired and  
> mentioned in case some of you weren't looking at them other than  
> "nice colour!"
>
> This morning  for example,
>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Grab-Bag/Saturday_Stairs<<<<
>>>
>
> Certainly when working with a 21mm lens it's so perfect, the  
> straight-lines of composition were the first thing that caught my eye.
>
> An extra special "Good on you Ric" for a well executed situation.
>
> Now look and learn folks, as this is a great opportunity to see  
> what wide angle straight line interiors should look like!
>
> ted
>
>
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