Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Be harsh! Be mean! (Not that you were) And above all, be honest. :-) On 9/19/06 4:29 PM, "Dave Mason" <leica@dmason.net> wrote: > > Sorry - I think my critique came off sounding harsher than it was > meant ;) > > Dave > > "B. D. Colen" <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> writes: > >> Ouch! And actually most of it isn't reflection, but view through window >> and >> some sort of construction safety net/screening. :-) >> >> >> On 9/19/06 2:15 PM, "Dave Mason" <leica@dmason.net> wrote: >> >>> Interesting - on first glance the second one struck me more. I think >>> at some point I was photographing a reflection of a street in a window >>> and it occurred to me that I was being very cliche. Since that moment >>> I have tended to dismiss that kind of shot - totally my problem. >>> >>> Still, there is something calming about the second image that I like. >>> >>> >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>> "B. D. Colen" <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> writes: >>> >>>> Thanks, Adam - I, too, am more taken by the first one than the second, >>>> but >>>> the sky doesn't bother me as it does you. But now that you mention it, I >>>> wonder...My monitor is reasonably bright, but what I find pulling my >>>> eyes >>>> is >>>> the building on the right, with the early morning sun, and then I travel >>>> down to the couple - and the graphic (oh, those crazy Harvard kids. :-) >>>> ) >>>> >>>> Thanks for the thoughtful critique. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 9/19/06 1:38 PM, "Adam Bridge" <abridge@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks for sharing those images, B. D. >>>>> >>>>> I very very much like the first image - I'm always attracted to >>>>> partial reflections and this composition is quite wonderful. >>>>> >>>>> The 2nd image, however, doesn't work nearly as well for me. The sky is >>>>> just too bright - it dominates my attention so that the couple kissing >>>>> is not only secondary but hard to focus on. The tertiary graphic on >>>>> the far right would be wonderful, and should be, but the sky just >>>>> pulls - yanks - DEMANDS my attention and won't release it so I can >>>>> really see the rest of the image. >>>>> >>> >>>>> On 9/19/06, B. D. Colen <bd@bdcolenphoto.com> wrote: >>>>>> These are "T" related but completely unrelated to my T project - >>>>>> >>>>>> First two images under Personal Favorites on my website - >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.bdcolenphoto.com >>>>>> - >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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