Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jayanand, I think I like the B&W version better. The colour of the coconut leaves is anyway pretty uniform green, so it does not add much. The B&W version makes me focus on the interesting aspects of these images, namely the light and shadow and of course the patterns and textures. Nathan Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Mads, Luis, Don, Ric, > Thanks for your kind comments. I agree with Don - some prints look > great big, and some small. Brooks Jensen had an essay on this some > time ago in Lenswork - on how some prints are meant to be enjoyed > handheld. I guess that is one of the reasons I take part in print > exchanges - I like looking at the fine detail that is visible in a print. > > Actually I did another set of Coconut Leaves, but in Black & White: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayanand/sets/72057594071280695/ > > The idea was to explore the shapes available on the leaves on one > tree..... > > This set is taken on OT equipment - Nikon D70, 80-400 VR lens but on a > tripod, from the verandah of my house. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > Don Dory wrote: > >> Jayanand, >> I think that I like your coconut leaves. However, a web image just >> does not >> do justice to an image that would work best in meter dimensions. I have >> thought this for a long time; some images work very well small and >> contained >> inside even a large LCD but others need to be very large to >> comprehend both >> the delicate and the gross with the interaction between the two. >> >> Long winded to say very good images working out what you wanted us to >> see. >> >> Don >> don.dory@gmail.com >> >> >> On 9/9/06, Jayanand Govindaraj <jgovindaraj@eth.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> Just uploaded a few photographs of flowers/leaves that were on my hard >>> drive: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand_001/Flora_001/ >>> >>> Comments, criticism welcome >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand Govindaraj >>> Chennai, India >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUY DANISH PRODUCTS! General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog