[Leica] [IMG] PAW 17 - Arms and Legs

[hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)]

Peter, it is clever seeing and worthy of showing, I think. I can follow 
Didier's ideas there but also your reasoning with the
inclusion of the people to the right. It is always possible to do things 
differently, especially in retrospect. But those different
ideas are where we learn a lot, don't we? (Well I do, anyway, even when I 
don't necessarily share the same viewpoints).
Things I might try now if I had taken this one:
Some dodging of the left and perhaps a little global lightening to reveal a 
little more detail. The bags are a near black area to me
too. I can make out what they are.
Maybe rotate for a vertical wall line to the right of bins?
Make it grittier with over-sharpening. There are a lot of angles and bleak 
details in your subject.

Just some thoughts for discussion.

Cheers
Hoppy

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Subject: Re: [Leica] [IMG] PAW 17 - Arms and Legs

Hi Didier,

I wanted to (a) show that this "gruesome" sight was in full view of the 
general
public ;-) and (b) get some light into the picture, because the bins were  
in a
tunnel entrance. In the lower left hand corner you should be able to see a 
pile
of black plastic bags. If not you **may ** need to look at your monitor's
calibration.

I am not desperately happy with it, but I thought it was funny enough to 
post to
amuse LUGers.

Anyway, thanks for looking.

Peter

Didier Ludwig wrote:
> Hi Peter
> 
> I find the subject "commercial waste with arms and legs" very attractive. 
> From the photographing point of view I have two
criticisms:
> 
> - the framing seems not optimal for to me. The background behind the right 
> edge is a bit disturbing, does not add anything to the
composition but probably influenced the exposure negatively 8see point 2). I 
could imagine that a frontal and rectangulous, more
graphic composition might have transported the subject better - just bins 
and lamps, horizontally and parallelly aligned.
> 
> - The lower midtones seem a bit too dark on my standard non calibrated LCD 
> monitor. I can almost not differ what's in the corner
at the bottom left.
> 
> Just my 2 pesos. Thx for sharing
> Didier
> 
> 
> 
>  
>> It's strange the things you find in a trash bin...
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PAW+2007/Arm_amp_Legs-1.jpg.html
>> Leica M3 5cm Summicron, BW400CN.
>> Your comments and constructive criticisms are as always welcome,
>> Thanks for taking the time to look.
>> Peter Dzwig
> 
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