Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/02/26

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Subject: [Leica] Farm on Parent Road #6
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 10:56:43 +0000
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After thinking about it some more, I agree.

Peter

On 26/02/2025 10:51, Christopher Crawford wrote:
> Thanks, Peter. I think a cropped version would look nice, but a B&W 
> version would be a lot less powerful; the American flag would not be as 
> prominent, and I like how the red barns stand out against the basically 
> monochrome snow and sky.
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> From: LUG <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org> on 
> behalf of Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
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> Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 5:37?AM
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> Subject: Re: [Leica] Farm on Parent Road #6
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> there's something about this one...I can't place it. It has a feeling of
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> classic Leica photography. Excellent.
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> Can I make a suggestion? I wonder whether cropping a little off the top
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> (somewhere between 1/4 and 1/3?) would enhance the feeling of the
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> horizontal massing of the buildings and would probably enhance the
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> prominent position of the US flag.
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> I wonder what a cropped, B&W version might look like too.
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> A photo I really like,
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> On 25/02/2025 21:23, Christopher Crawford wrote:
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> This barn with a giant American flag on it was visible from Interstate 469 
> outside Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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> https://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=4394
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In reply to: Message from chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Christopher Crawford) ([Leica] Farm on Parent Road #6)
Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] Farm on Parent Road #6)
Message from chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Christopher Crawford) ([Leica] Farm on Parent Road #6)