Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric said: Subject: Re: [Leica] Don's PAW 10 Perplexed >>> I believe you do a disservice to Don by saying this is just a throwaway > shot. I see more potential in this shot than just a quick one to pass > around and then toss.<<< Sorry Eric I believe you misunderstood my comment or I missed the correct way to write it. More likely that. I wasn't referring to Don's photo, I was referring to "your comment about not liking the blown out screen" which is quite common and acceptable in many cases... like who cares about the screen, it's only supplying light. The photo was motivated from the screen light. But paramount is the mouth expression that truly made the picture. This is much like shooting a subject close to a window and the outside world is nothing but blown out sky, like who cares? The picture is the person! Without a lot of auxiliary lighting inside or bouncing flash, it's a grab moment without thinking about balancing the outdoor light with the inside figure. Nor even considering trying to balance the computer screen light to the face of the operator. My reference to ..."if he were shooting a paying assignment he'd probably have shot it with a different thought to balancing the light."MAYBE!" But I'd bet this is a grab photo, on assignment or otherwise, simply because he saw the person on the computer and the light doing it's motivating magic, "shoot!" No other thought than that! Certainly no disservice to Don for one iota! My remark was about your comment "you didn't like the blown out screen!" And that my friend under these kinds of situation quite frankly who gives a flying hoop, as the picture is the operators face and mouth! Well lit. >But given it's for the crew to have a quick look and forget it, I hardly >think >it's worth the time to bother fiddling and farting about with darkening the >screen.<< This means, "he has more to do with his time" than spend an hour trying to light balance screen and face etc. when it's merely a quick shot for LUG members to have a quick look, move on and forget it! It has nothing to do with it being a poor picture by Don, so forget it, as you are reading it. ted >>I don't have any doubt if this photograph were part of a paying assignment >>Don might have taken a few minutes longer and burnt down the screen.>> >>I realize it's your opinion but quite frankly not worth mentioning when >>the >>photograph works so well. > > > Yes, the photograph works well. Nice light. We're not in disagreement on > that part. > > > > -- > Eric > http://canid.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information