Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Colin - I like #3 for the symmetry and the way you've placed the people in the foreground and the one in the Tate for the sharp contrast between the dark figures in the start whiteness of the structure. Dick Boston MA >A big thank you to all who replied with comments, >both on and off the list. > >The picture I posted is one of a set of three >that I shot to a specific brief, which was to >portray an engineering structure in use by >people. I chose the Millennium Bridge as a >subject despite never having visited it before - >I live away from London and rarely get time to >visit. > >The bridge was in the news a lot because it was >an unusual design and had major problems with >wobbling when it first opened. But it was >modified and the wobble was completely cured. It >seems very stable. > >I had only half a day to visit London and shot >about twenty photos in an hour. I used the rest >of the film on the Tate Modern gallery and >visited an exhibition there. > >I have added two more bridge photos to the >gallery, so the first three shown are the three I >submitted against the brief. I have also added >some from the Tate Modern, taken with the C/V >15mm lens. > >As before, I welcome all critique, good and bad, >as I need to learn. > >Colin > > >> Message: 17 >> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 22:26:04 -0500 >> From: "Richard S. Taylor" >> <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Millennium Bridge, London >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Message-ID: >> <p06230906c033fb3bc755@[131.142.12.152]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; >> format="flowed" >> >> Colin - Welcome and thanks for posting. It's >> always good to see new >> photos. I like the way you've arranged the >> very modern bridge to >> lead the eye into the venerable old dome of the >> cathedral. The >> people on the bridge are a plus, too. But, as >> Philippe commented, >> the buildings on the far side of the river are >> a bit distracting. A >> lower position might help separate the bridge >> from buildings more, >> though I expect you'd have to darken them some >> even then to minimize >> their effect. A walk around the area might >> give you a another >> position that helps, too, or an entirely >> different, even more >> interesting, combination of bridge and >> cathedral. > > > > >___________________________________________________________ >To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new >Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information