[Leica] IMG:Snow on Tree

[robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)]

It's always the very first, or the very last.


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Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG:Snow on Tree


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> Quoting Howard Ritter <hlritter@bex.net>:
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>> Alan--
>>
>> What a fabulous subject for a B&W picture!
>>
>> I like 13 much better--the framing of the tree is better, in that the
>> tree in 40A is offset and loses a lot of the right-hand branch. In
>> addition, the play of light and shadow on the trunk, as well as the
>> positiions of the three parts of the tree after the trunk splits, are
>> much more pleasing in 13. 40A doesn't gain enough--perhaps nothing at
>> all--from the fact that the branches are clearly delineated against
>> the sky. This picture I think is all about the trunk. 13's a keeper
>> that wants a carefully made big print!
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> You're right.  I cut off the right branch because it wasn't as curvy as 
> the rest
> of the tree, but it is more obtrusive in #40 anyway.  What's funny is that 
> I
> used up a 20 exp roll in the M3 and a short, 10 exp roll in the Nikon
> (different compositions, f/stops - and duplicate exposures because of a 
> gusty
> wind) but #13 is the first frame I shot.  I could've gone home right away!
> ;~)
> Thanks for liking the picture.
>
> Alan
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