Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think the first one is the stronger one myself. I have an alternate for the second with a figure in it that might be more interesting. What caught my eye for the second was the light on the water in contrast to the clouds and land but it doesn't come through a strongly as I first thought it might. Regards, Dick On Apr 19, 2010, at 2:45 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: > the first - very dramatic in both lines and tonality. > the second - instantly lovely - then quickly too symmetrical for my taste. > the third - cute fun > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > On Apr 19, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Richard Taylor wrote: > >> The clouds cleared briefly yesterday morning and we got a hint of the >> summer on Cape Cod in the clarity of the air, glints on the water, and >> strong sun. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAPE_COD/P1010113.jpg.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/y64xgs8 >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAPE_COD/P1010121.jpg.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/y3j7tx4 >> >> Both were taken with the GF-1 and 7-14mm zoom at 7mm. This lens looks >> really good a this focal length and shows no tendency to vignette. I >> added a bit of vignetting to the first picture in processing. The first >> shot is uncropped; the second one slightly cropped. >> >> You've seen this one-footed gull before. He's quite tame but not quite >> tame enough to eat from a hand. This was also taken at 7mm but is a >> tight (100%) crop from the center of the frame. I was only about four >> feet from the gull. I did not use any sharpening in processing the RAW >> file. The clouds were back by this time and I increased contrast a bit >> to liven the shot. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/CAPE_COD/P1010105.jpg.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/y52l6tv >> >> GF-1, 7-14 zoom at 7mm, ISO 100, f5.6 at 1/250th. >> >> C&C always welcome. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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