Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam - Your comment about the people detracting from the image in this case rally caught my attention since I have been trying to get MORE people into my photos not less. In any case, I wanted to follow up on your suggestion so I took them out using PS/CS. No people: http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/03_9_0071_no_people_crop_web People: http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/03_9_0071_web The photo looked a bit unbalanced to my eye without the people so I cropped it tighter. This seems like an improvement to my eye it would be interesting to hear what you and others think. I took six shots in all of which this was the best. Probably should have shot more but I was on my way to dinner with friends and felt some time pressure. Couldn't move much more to the left either which I think might have improved the photo without the people since there is a restricted area there. In any case, many thanks for the detailed comments. >Well I like the picket fence shapes in contrast to the cylinder of the >lighthoue and the light/shadow of the fence in the first photo. For me >the people distract from the forms and I'd have worked the angles with >fence and lighthouse, maybe trying some from different heights as well >- close to the ground, using arms over the head for a higher vantage >point. Of course you might have done this. I know my own failure is to >not work an image enough, especially one that's as static as a fence >and lighthouse. I also think this first image has the most depth and >contrast, the other images have a flat feeling to them, at least to my >eye. > >Adam > >On 10/3/05, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: >> Here are three from last weekend. M7/Fuji Press 400 converted to B&W >> in PS/CS. Commercial 2K x 3K scans. Nobska Light is set on a bluff >> over looking Vineyard Sound on the south side of Cape Cod, >> Massachusetts. >> >> First Nobska light itself (35 f2 ASPH): >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/03_9_0071_web >> >> Vineyard Sound from the light (Current 50 Elmarit): >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/03_5_0067_web >> >> Vineyard Sound again (Current 50 Elmarit). The high-key effect was >> done in PS/CS from a normally exposed negative. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/SAILING/03_18_0080_web >> >> Comments encouraged on all, of course, but I'm particularly >> interested in hearing whether or not the last photo works. Many >> thanks. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dick >> Boston MA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Regards, Dick Boston MA