Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard S. Taylor wrote: > Peter - This is an interesting subject and your choice of camera > position and cropping nicely draws attention to the altar's beauty and > complexity while keeping the chandelier in front of it from getting in > the way. > > To my eye, though, photos with such rich detail as this one need to be > tack sharp from corner to corner; top to bottom. This one seems to show > the effects of hand holding the camera at a relatively slow shutter > speed. I wonder if it would have better to either move in closer to > emphasize the detail in a part of the altar, or to find an ad hoc > support for the camera. > > My eye wants to peruse the detail of the altar but is a frustrated by > the slight fuzziness. > > Thanks for the look. > > > >> Leica IIIf f2.8 1/30th BW 400CN >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album164/HighAltarScreen200511Cropped >> >> Thanks for looking >> >> Peter Dzwig >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > Interesting, thanks I thought that the version that I had put up was pretty sharp. But as you say h/h in that level of light is difficult and there was nothing that I could lean on without compromising positioning or composition. This is a thirty-foot high screen that we are talking about and positioning is always difficult when trying to balance composition with a subject that large, with a 50. thanks for looking, Peter