Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/26

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Puzzles
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 22:06:24 -0500
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Hi Alan,

Thanks for commenting.  My main concern was to get the flower against a 
foliage background rather than the brick wall that was behind it.  I thought 
about your advice when I composed the shot.  Maybe my execution left 
something lacking.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwm.edu>
To: "lug" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Puzzles


> On Wed, 26 Jun 2013 "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote:
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Puzzles
>
>>Plantain Lilies are very difficult to photograph, because the lower blooms 
>>die before the top ones open.  In this case, I caught them just prior to 
>>opening.
>>http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=6313
>
>>Jim Nichols
>>Tullahoma, TN USA
> ===========================================================================================================================================
> Here again, I wished you had watched the background more carefully.  To 
> me, the composition calls out for the camera to be moved to the left, so 
> that the main flower would be seen against that nice dark patch in the 
> background, and the blossoms wouldn't be lined up with the lighter tones.
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA POY 1978
> amr3 at uwm.edu
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>
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> for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt
>
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