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Subject: [Leica] My first Post
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Mon Jul 2 15:31:40 2007
References: <200707030014.32263.Platoali@gmail.com> <20070702213133.126EA3184D@donald.hostspirit.ch>

Hi, I really like the light used, high quality and very smooth tones here, 
especially the skin tones reproduction.
The first (3 of 8) is a very interesting idea. For me maybe the unflattering 
angle (the prominence of Nargess' nostril) is a little
distracting. The fingers add a lot of mood though.
I agree with Didier on the softness on 5 of 8. We are seeing the hair as the 
sharper element there. I notice that the shot was at a
very slow speed though so maybe some element of movement too?
The last works best for me. I'd love to see this one with a little more DoF? 
We all look for that critically sharp closest eye in a
shot like this too, I think? Just an opinion of course.

For this lighting, I think that you could afford to increase your ISO rating 
to let you work with a maybe a stop or so smaller and a
little faster shutter speeds? Seem to me that you have plenty of lens and 
sensor quality to work with!

I really enjoyed looking. I hope that you share some more pics.

Cheers
Hoppy 

-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: [Leica] My first Post

Hi Ali (or is it Yazdi?)

Welcome here. You will gain much experience if you post your images often. 
Nice naming tradition in your family.

Narges 3 is my favourite. Narges 5, as well as some others, are not 100% 
properly focused, in my opinion. Did you use a rangefinder
camera? When shooting faces close up, try to focus the eye, not the glasses' 
border, for instance. 
Didier

>Hi,
>
>This is my first post to the forum. I've much less experience  in 
>photography 
>than others here. So I would be very happy to read your comments and 
>critical 
>reviews.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/platoali/Nargess/nargess+_3+of+8_.jpg.html
http://tinyurl.com/2syfvt

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/platoali/Nargess/nargess+_5+of+8_.jpg.html
http://tinyurl.com/2s9f8c

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/platoali/Nargess/nargess+_4+of+8_.jpg.html
http://tinyurl.com/25vnhs

>
>"Nargess" is the name of my mom and a kind of flower. It is somehow a 
>tradition to name new born girls with the names of flowers in our family .
>
>Best wishes
>Ali Yazdi


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