Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hoppy, This series is only getting better! For me: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B22.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B12.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B25.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B34.jpg.html (Nathan did you lose weight? Great one, Hoppy. One more for the Gallery.) http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B20.jpg.html (dito cc the Gallery) http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B19.jpg.html (but wider aperture or background blurred) http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B30.jpg.html A very high percentage of bull's eyes! Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 17-nov-07, om 23:25 heeft G Hopkinson het volgende geschreven: > Thanks for taking a look Alan and making a very useful observation. > I was taken by the series of faces and had the idea of placing > these two against the repeating theme of those in the background. A > lower angle would certainly have yielded a different effect and > good photo, I think. Since the expressions are pretty goo, I might > try reworking this one. I stumbled upon this gathering and spent > half an hour moving amongst the crowd as well as making some > pleasing portraits of the entertainer. Low profile, I definitely was > not. I think that a number of people thought I was part of the > entourage as I bobbed and weaved through the crowd. I had to be > careful not to distract too much from the hard working entertainer > (and he sounded pretty good, Ray Charles like). Interesting > because they then tended to ignore me, all except for one darling > young girl who was with her mum and family. You can see her in one > shot. She was goggled eyed when I had to hold the baseplate in my > teeth as I did a hurried film change. > A very interesting situation and experience for me. Aaron, the > entertainer is blind. He had an assistant offering his CDs to the > crowd and also was receiving some busking type donations in his > guitar case. I made a donation and bought a CD in thanks. So anyway, > there was Aaron in the middle, a space with a quirky local grooving > along plus an Aussie photog zipping around and then a large > circle of audience. Those shots that aren't with a fifty were my > little Elmar M 90. What a fantastic lens for this (and travel in > general, I did half my sunrise landscapes with it too). > > Cheers > Geoff > (hoppy) > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug- Subject: [Leica] IMG: Even more Hoppy in Barcelona > > > > Quoting "G Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>: > > There are now 32 photographs up in my Barcelona gallery, > The new photographs start here. I'd love to hear some opinions or > suggestions. > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B32.jpg.html> > ...................................................................... > .............................................................. > .... > I liked seeing this travelog. If you pardon one particular > comment, in "more > watching", > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B19.jpg.html> > > I wish the two closest profiles were against less cluttered > backgrounds. It > seems that if the picture had been taken from slightly to the left > and at a > lower angle, both faces might be seen more clearly. I know this > kind of > micro-composition is hard to achieve in fluid situations, but if it > is kept in > mind, it might become second nature, and be achieved almost > automatically. I > had one mentor who used to joke, "Don't forget that your knees bend." > > I hope my opinion does not feel like an indictment. Thanks for > showing your > work. > > Alan > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > University Information Technology Services > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > Office Phone: 414 229-6525 | E-mail: amr3@uwm.edu > Department Phone: 414 229-4282 > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >