Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/17

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Larger than Life
From: rpalmier at depaul.edu (bob palmieri)
Date: Mon Jul 17 20:52:18 2006
References: <200607172242.k6HMbwIn012993@server1.waverley.reid.org>

On Jul 17, 2006, at 5:42 PM,Hoppy wrote:

> Bob, that's a striking composition and works very well, I think.
> Purely as composition, does the lower left leaf edge distract?
> Yeah, I know, you can't ask a dragonfly to take two steps back.
>
> Interesting also to look closely at the specular highlights on the 
> eyes.
> There's that fringe effect that we discussed on and off list. Not 
> present at
> all where there is some detail remaining in the highlights, for 
> example the
> leading edge of the wings and on the thorax.
>
> Nice image, thanks
>
> Hoppy
>
Hoppy -

Actually I often crop these things for web display, as I did in this 
case - I may post the full frame version tomorrow and we can see if 
there's a better crop to be had.  And yes;  even when cropping 
something like this I try to take compositional issues into account, so 
if the composition in this case looks less than ideal it's not just due 
to unavoidable limitations of the basic image.

Yup; this purple thing happens along the borders where the image 
transitions from in-exposure-range to blown-out;  we will, I'm sure, 
soon have a pretty positive ID on the core of the cause.

Bob Palmieri