Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "Lottermoser George" <imagist3@mac.com> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG : #130 > Compositionally it seems to need a bit off the left. > I'd cut it through the far left tree. > YMMV > > Fond regards, > George >> Leica M6 : 50mm Noctilux : Kodak Professional BW400 CN ://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi George, Have to agree on the lop sided effect but I offer the things I considered before taking the shot by way of mitigating factors :-). It was a wet day with poor light so I was scratching around for something to shoot. I needed maximum dof to get the web and the longboat in focus. I set the Nocti to f16 and hyperfocal distance which gave me a dof from 9ft to infinity. I paced off 10ft from the web which made the area I used about a tenth of the full negative. I was worried about getting the web sharp because there was a strong wind blowing it about and at f16 with 400 film I was down to 1/30 second shutter speed. I thought I could cram a bit more negative in if I cropped 16:9 ratio because just out of frame top and bottom are the railings that support the web. Although I have kept the shot as it was originally posted I have now flipped the shot horizontally. It is still lop sided but possibly because I read from left to right it seems slightly less so to my eye. Thanks for looking and commenting constructively. --Graham