Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]bdcolen showed: Subject: [Leica] Three "real" B.D.s > Black and white - Tri-X at 800 asa. One shot with the 35 Summilux ASPH, > one with the F100 and 60 2.8 macro AF-D, and one with a Rollei GX TLR... > But NO steenkin' color or digital!:-) > http://www.leica-gallery.net/bdcolen/folder-4857.html<<< G'day B.D., Well done on all three illustrating once again B&W without pretty colours distracting from the content. My preference in order: # 1: Hands. Even though viewers have seen this type of picture before, yours has a solid mother-child feel, rather than the usual male hand, brute strength look with tiny baby hand. Question?..... did you try a crop just below the baby's lower eyelids leaving hands only? I'm not totally convinced they should be, but it appears to strengthen the hands more so. The eyes are so strong and slightly out of focus that it sort of pulls the viewer there rather than solidly staying on the hands. Have a look. # 2: mother & child. Me and my always relating to the eyes of the subject, as in "LIGHT - EYES - ACTION." What we have is a teeny negative here, again due to the baby's eyes. No it's not a big deal item nor does it spoil the picture because the child's eyeline is off camera and it "might have been" read again ...."might" .... be a better overall photograph if there were someone, or yourself, doing something to catch the baby's eyes in the same direction as the very attractive mother. Again this is a minor point, but quite often it's a minor point that sorts out the really great photographs from the "not bad" photographs. #3: lady with calendar. because it's #3 doesn't mean it's not as good a picture, the others feel stronger due to the grab of the subject. This photograph is a solid what I call "working type portrait" well executed and shot from the "shooting from the shadow side" use of the light. My comments are minor, but by no means to pull the photographs down, as they stand quite well as we see them. My thoughts are merely a kind of tweaking slightly." ;-) good on you B.D. ted - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html