[Leica] Spring flowers from a walk through the neighborhood

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Ric Carter offered:
Subject: Re: [Leica] Spring flowers from a walk through the neighborhood

>>> Knocked me on my butt gorgeous.<<<<
Re. Adam's first flower photograph.

> On Mar 27, 2006, at 1:19 PM, Adam Bridge wrote:
> <http://www.adambridge.com/Photos/2006/03/26/_L3U9868-crp.jpg><<<


Steady Ric, yes it's an excellent picture... However!! Yeah here I go again 
but look at the picture and what do you see almost as fast as you see the 
main flower subject?

You obviously missed it or you'd not be on your butt! ;-) Maybe yer knees. 
;-)

Upper right side, the flowers in the back ground like a vertical slice of 
white!!   Cover that over with your hand or a piece of paper and "YES YOU 
HAVE A NICE KNOCK YOU ON YOUR BUTT PHOTOGRAPH!"

However, as nit picking as you may feel my comment is, it's simple little 
things like this that makes or breaks a smashing good picture from "A class" 
to a plain old fashion "b -" or less! :-(

No argument about the flower itself, beautiful. But its that one thing along 
with the "flower centered composition" that's taking points off the picture 
on the whole!

Sorry I call them as I see them. Put your hand to screen and take out the 
slice of white on the right and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about. 
The flower jumps off the page smack in the face! As is,without the covered 
distractions the eyes jump back and forth! They shouldn't in this case as 
powerful as the flower is!

ted