Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard: I like the second photo, the composition is much better to my eye. Jim Richard S. Taylor wrote: > Both taken with my M3 and a 1970's era 28mm Elmarit on BW400CN. . > > The first is definitely not from the shadow side but I think enough of > the curvature of the tower is revealed for the photo to be interesting. > The sun was directly behind me and just about to set when I made the > shot. Minor tilts, perspective corrections and level adjustments done > in Photoshop. I had to tilt the camera up a bit to get the entire Light > in from this location. Another step back and I'd have been swimming. > Also removed a few heads and torsos that popped up behind the rocks. > Despite the chilly late-November afternoon the grounds were quite > crowded. I wanted the photos to evoke the ruggedness and desolation > that typifies the New England coast in winter. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/03_28A_0291_web > > Alternate, and a bit more from the shadow side. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/BOSTON/03_20A_0283_web > > Comments encouraged as always. >