Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I REALLY think the first one is perfect perspective! I think it may balance up better cropped tight to the building on the left side. ric On Oct 27, 2007, at 4:18 PM, Philippe Amard wrote: > I agree with Philippe, great shots, I was only troubled by the same > "lack" of convergence on those cited by Ph.O. > thanks for sharing this series I found interesting to say the least. > Grusse > . > Phil...x > > > Philippe Orlent wrote: > >> Beautiful series, Douglas. >> >> Now, about the first one, and the car storage towers, >> Very strange effects on both: they are perfectly straight (I >> checked this at large magnification, though it just being via >> your low res jpegs) but they don't seem so optically. >> This causes imbalance. >> In the first one's case, this is due to an optical effect (dome >> vs 'straight' chimney), and in the second one it's due to a light >> effect (dark cilinders vs light on the forward one from the right). >> In both cases, it has a compositional effect: whether you choose >> to keep this imbalance or not, is entirely up to you. You >> determine the effect. >> And wether it 'd be imblanced or not, it's just two different but >> equally acceptable ways of 'seeing' and 'presenting' this image. >> >> So, astonishing shots, that I'd love to see on a big and detailed >> print. >> >> Personally, I think that if you would PS the first one so that >> the chimney would 'lean' a bit more towards the dome, and 'lean' >> the towers a bit more to the right part of the image, you would >> take away this imbalance, and attain a higher level of classical >> aesthetics. >> But that is just a matter of taste, and does not change my >> appreciation of the shots at all. >> >> Beautiful tonalities, too BTW. >> >> Thanks for showing, >> Philippe >> >> >> >> Op 27-okt-07, om 18:06 heeft Douglas Sharp het volgende geschreven: >> >>> A few more from the VW site in Wolfsburg last weekend - this time in >>> black and white >>> >>> This is part of the house that Adolf built >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/105184-1/VW_Chimney.jpg >>> >>> This place is so large that people move around in groups, it >>> makes you >>> feel slightly lost and nervous >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/105168-1/Herding_behaviour.jpg >>> >>> and people don't look at anyone else - the man was less than 3 >>> feet away >>> when I stuck my camera more or less in his face >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/105171-1/Reception_Desk_2.jpg >>> >>> This is where the new cars are stored >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/105181-1/VW_Towers.jpg >>> >>> This is where customers can watch them being "extracted" >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/105178-2/VW_Tower_2.jpg >>> >>> Hope you enjoy looking at them more than we enjoyed our visit - if >>> you're only there to pick up your new car 4 to 5 hours there is more >>> than enough. >>> Cheers >>> Douglas >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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