Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]sorry, meant for peter with attachment that got stripped when i accidently sent it here ric On Apr 8, 2008, at 7:23 AM, Ric Carter wrote: > all cropping is seat of the pants and passing fancy for me, but > here's the way i see it right this minute > > till i get the oil changed in the time machine, i won't think about > shooting it vertically;^) > > i like the shot > > ric > > > > > > > > On Apr 8, 2008, at 12:11 AM, Peter Klein wrote: >> Ric and Mark: Agreed on the need to crop. Can't quite decide >> what's best. >> >> Here's one with a bit of context remaining. I didn't dodge the >> girl's face in this one. >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1003231SlideHesitateBW2-w.jpg.html >> >> > >> And here's a *really* drastic crop: >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1003231bwCrop3-w.jpg.html >> >> > >> >> Intermediate crops seemed too long and skinny >> >> Whatcha think? >> >> --Peter >> >> At 01:41 PM 4/7/2008 -0700, Ric Carter wrote: >>> I think you should keep it, but give it a severe crop to get rid of >>> the extraneous playground equipment. >>> >>> a commentary on the whole birth anxiety thing. >>> >>> I like the black and white version. >> >> And Mark Rabiner wrote: >>> I'm glad you did it in monochrome as that purple is really >>> something else. >>> I'd keep the little girl dark! >>> >>> >>> I can tell you if you did that monochrome conversion in PS3 you'd >>> really be >>> able to go to town with it! >> >>> On Apr 7, 2008, at 1:50 AM, Peter Klein wrote: >>> > This was a strange one. Sometimes you don't know what you're >>> going >>> > to get. During our walk Sunday, we went past a playground. On the >>> > slide, I saw a tiny leg peeking out into the sunlight, hesitating. >>> > I thought it was cute, I just raised my camera focused and shot. >>> > >>> > I was wearing sunglasses, so I didn't see into the shadows. >>> Later I >>> > discovered I'd captured the image of a little girl who was very >>> > afraid of what she was about to do. >>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1003231SlideHesitate-w.jpg.html >>> > >>> > It's even more disturbing in black-and-white. >>> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1003231SlideHesitateBW-w.jpg.html >>> > >>> > There's something kind of Diane Arbus-ish about this one. The >>> > emotion is real, but I'm not sure if I want to keep this one up. >>> > What do you think? >>> > >>> > M8, 50 Summicron. B&W version with a purple-blue digital filter to >>> > lighten the slide somewhat. >>> > >>> > --Peter >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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