Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/29

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Subject: [Leica] Marblehead Light
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Tue Nov 29 05:24:42 2005
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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.
> 


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