Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you all for the many responses on all the Paris photos. Paris just makes it easy to make interesting shots, I think. And sometimes, as in this case, I prefer to not straighten the verticals, even if I'm always very aware of it. Philippe Op 24-dec-07, om 07:39 heeft Adam Bridge het volgende geschreven: > I'm more to Ted's point of view here than yours, Robert, although I > understand what you're saying. After seeing the chairs I found myself > disturbed by the skewed verticals. These get in the way of the > composition, making it feel strange and me uncomfortable. It's not my > immediate reaction, however, because I like the image a whole lot. so > many questions raised, so much to see. > > It's good work. I'm wondering if working the shot more intently (I > don't know if you did or not - I can't see into your computer, my NSA > connections aren't what they used to be <grin>) would have revealed > this? > > Adam > > On Dec 23, 2007 8:37 PM, Robert Meier <robertmeier@usjet.net> wrote: >> Ted, >> >> If he had bent his knees to get a lower viewpoint, then he would >> not be >> looking down on the foreground as much, and it would not loom so >> large in >> the frame. That is an important part of the picture, while the >> slanting >> verticals are trivial and of no importance. I think he made the >> right >> choice. When you're making an architectural shot on a tripod, >> you worry >> about the verticals. He was concerned with very different things >> that are >> far more important to the image. >> >> Robert > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >