[Leica] Week 9 and 10

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Richard S. Taylor offered:
Subject: Re: [Leica] Week 9 and 10


>I was bothered by the distortion of the plates and glasses and excessive 
>amount of ceiling in the image, too, which is why I asked about the 
>possibility of a slight tilt downwards.  You need to keep familiar objects 
>away from the edges of the frame.  It's still a dramatic image, though, and 
>the drama of the lens is its attraction.<<<

Dick,
Unfortunately Michael used the 15mm in the wrong location for the type of 
picture he took. In other words if he were doing some kind of "advertising 
shot" and wanted the distortion to work for him that's fine.

But in this case it was the wrong lens, we however know that it was the only 
one he had at the time. The answer to "sort of repair " the picture would've 
been to crop the centre out of it and possibly save the situation if it were 
really needed.

In your case using the 15mm? I think you're doing a damn fine job the last 
couple of posting.  In that your composition and alignment of the camera 
during shooting is right on the mark. Just keep doing what you are and I 
don't have any doubt when you apply this lens to picture situations where it 
really shines you're going to be more than very happy with it.

ted