Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Alan, Thanks for your comments. I can use all of the help from the pros that I can get. I assume you are talking about the third from the top. I may take a look at modifying the dark area. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwm.edu> To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 9:42 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Friday Lily > On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Friday Lily > >>This Yellow Lily blooms each year in June. Today, the blooms appeared on >>Friday, just in time for a Friday Flower posting. > >>http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=6150 > >>Olympus E-1 and Zuiko Digital 14-54 > >>Comments and critiques welcomed. > >>Jim Nichols >>Tullahoma, TN USA > ================================================================================================== > Another striking lily joins the gallery. > > A minor quibble - I wish the dark feature in the background behind the > third stamen was not aligned with it, or was more blurred. > This is known as micro-composition, and it is something to check before > pushing the shutter. I became aware of this in my years of photographing > people in cluttered situations. I had to avoid things like having > something behind the subject appearing to come out of a person's nose, for > example, or making them look like they had a pointed chin, because the > tones were similar. > > Away with you, tonal mergers! ;~) > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services > (Retired) > UPAA POY 1978 > amr3 at uwm.edu > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate > for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >