Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]faneuil wrote: > > My son digging - or as it calls it "BeePoo" (the sound a truck backing up) > My first experiments with a borrowed 90mm Elmarit.. > I love Fuji NPH - just a pain to scan. > Do the colors look oversaturated on your end? > Skin tones OK? > > http://home.nycap.rr.com/faneuil/week37.htm > No overall over saturation here. They eye contact is a big plus for this shot. You focused on the back of the truck on the left and in front of your son who is then just slightly behind the plane of focus so he is just slightly soft. Does not kill the shot but we do have a deal where the truck on the left is sharp as hell and very dynamic looking while you son in the center looks a tad soft in the middle especially in comparison… I love sharp foregrounds but most and not all shots depend even more nailing the focus on my subject. Yet the even softer truck behind him on the right balances things out between the two trucks framing him. Sharpy the truck. And Softy the truck. The blue sweater against the great grass really works and framed by the yellow trucks a simple and effective color scheme. The plant in the right hand corner is gnarly and disturbing I almost ducked and when we connect it to the big pot it's still gnarly and disturbing. It's kind of threatening the boy. A contrast to the boys face. Like a branch about to hit you in the face. The squatting position of the boy is amazing. It looks like he could leap up in the air very high and revolve! Very dynamic huge potential! It's also interesting that he is fairly dressed up yet barefoot. A very interesting and complex picture possibly a personal masterpiece. Mark Rabiner Portland, Oregon USA http://www.markrabiner.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html