Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I took some time to go through the shots, looks like you got a good look at the city. Next time you are in town, give a holler, and I'll try to get there and we can go to one of the lesser know restaurants, (though Central Grocery, Mother's and Clover Grill are pretty good choices.) By the way... http://www.sonc.com/huge_ass_beers.htm Regards, Sonny On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:31:34 -0500, Aaron Sandler wrote > I posted: > >http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2004_07/index.html > > then B.D. Colen wrote: > >I'm afraid that for me, there's too much going on and too much > >blown.....BUT...even though I'm not a cropper, I'd try this as almost a > >square - cropping right along the bottom and left hand side of the > >building - so that you see the shadow, but not the man. > > and Ted Grant added: > >Best bet? Forget this one and use "Freshly washed side walk!" It's a much > >better picture lighting and compositionally compared to the guy and his > >shadow. And "Freshly" is the only one that stops your eye dead in it's > >tracks due to the light, water and reflections. > > > >The guy and shadow is way to confusing because your eye goes all over the > >place looking for a place to stop and make something out of the picture. > >It's one of those unfortunate see something shoot quick and it doesn't cut > >it in the end. And when you start trying to crop here there and every where > >to get something out of it, you know what? That means there's nothing there. > >Sorry mate but that's life. File 13! > > > >Now "Freshly washed side walk?" That's a whole new ball game with nothing > >much to do but print it. ;-) Good one. I was going to say it would've been > >nice to have a human walking in the back ground framed through the posts, > >but no need as the picture stands on it's own as is. Good on you. > > Fair enough on the PAW...I see what you both mean. I still, however, > find myself drawn to it despite (or maybe because of) the busyness. > I think maybe Ted hit it on the head: I'm still remembering the > potential I saw when I was taking the photo. It's funny...sometimes > it's obvious to me when a photo fails but sometimes I just can't > admit it. Stubborn, I guess. > > I tried BD's cropping suggestion, but nothing has really hit me yet. > I'll play around some more and see what happens. Or maybe Ted's > right and I should move on! > > In any event, Ted, thanks for digging out the sidewalk photo > > (http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/New_Orleans_2003/pages/NO2003_08.html). > At first I was a little disappointed to find the streets so > deserted that morning, but then I found a few places like that one. > That's definitely in the "to be printed" pile...perhaps I'll even > consider moving it up a few spots on the list! > > Thanks for the comments, > Aaron > > -- > 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