Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I, not surprisingly, vote for the crop. Now, for a touch more depth of field...:-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Steve Barbour Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 11:32 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Three "real" B.D.s/hands and eyes Terrific, Steve...Really compelling shot.....now, if I can do a Ted for > an instant, I'd bring the left-hand border into about the inner edge > of that black shadow, and the bottom up to the top of the child's > knee....but that's just me...It's a great image that really tells a > story... > > B. D. thanks very much BD.... here.... crop... http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-46788.html original... http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-46787.html which do you prefer? Steve > > bdcolen showed: > > Subject: [Leica] Three "real" B.D.s > 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. 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 > > BD's excellent image of hands and eyes (above) and Ted's comments > about it , poked me to post this little "je ne sais quoi".... > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-46787.html > > > another in the PICU.... > > good weekend. Steve > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html