Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 5 Apr 2006 at 22:17, Tina Manley wrote: I do think the watch > >and cap are distractions, but I was not about to ask that either be > >removed. > > > > I cropped out the watch. I can't do anything about the cap but it > does match the father's shirt ;-). Better or not? I thought about this crop when I saw Walt's comments, and it's probably a stronger shot without the watch, but honestly, the watch and cap didn't bother me. Pretty much every male I know wears a watch on his left wrist, so it "vanished" because the moment is so well-caught. The cap... again, I'm used to it, and the tiny fingers at the left next to the father's big ones probably say as much about the relationship between the figures as the baby's head would, in a much subtler fashion, and since we don't see baby's head, the shot emphasizes the father rather than letting baby steal the shot as they are MOST wont to do. -- R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com Photojournalist rcmckee@rcmckee.com P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request