Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thanks Hoppy, I'll have a try at that; I do have a much lighter scan, but I discarded it as I didn't think that it worked. Thanks for looking, Peter G Hopkinson wrote: > 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 > > -----Original Message----- > 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >