Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i prefer the cropped version ric On Mar 6, 2008, at 2:34 AM, Philippe AMARD wrote: > Hi Ted, > > thanks for your healthy remarks. :-) > > First : was there a way to shoot it vertical ? Yes, it was shot > vertical. Why? instinct. > > I have now posted the near original shot (slight crop on the right > hand side to get down to 35mm format. > http://tinyurl.com/2w27cw > Technically the problem was that the wall was much lighter than the > statue, I measured light spot on the statue, my mistake, and not. > > I have also asked Philippe my tireur the questions you so aptly put. > Here are his answers this morning: > > Second : why crop? Instinct, plus the doctors' parking plates - I > may have been too lazy to dub them off in PS, he said. > Third : Why mutilation of the statue? I probably needed an angle to > have the face and the (cell?) bars as a focus to give strength to an > ordinary plain shot of a Christ. > > He added he had had to fiddle quite a lot with light settings to get > that result out of LR and PSE, and would probably never be able to > repeat it on the larger full version :-( > I hate him for that. > > Thanks again for your nice help and suggestions. > Philippe and I are really sorry for further mutilating the > crucified, and also for making the photographer almost cry. > > Amiti?s > Phx > > Ted Grant wrote: > >> Philippe showed: >> >> Subject: [Leica] PAW : Phx's 10th >> >> PAW 10 is up at : >> >> http://tinyurl.com/2r6ue8 <http://tinyurl.com/2r6ue8%3c%3c> << >> >> >> Hi Philippe, >> >> May I ask why you didn't shoot this vertical? Or if you did why you >> didn't >> post it? >> >> And as beautiful as the light is and the over all look, you cut the >> legs off >> as well as the left hand in the upper right corner? >> >> The light is marvelous, also the angle for best effect, but it's >> the missing >> body parts that's killing the major effect this photograph could've >> had. >> >> Maybe there wasn't room to back-up or any number of space >> restrictions. Or >> you didn't have a wider angle lens to avoid the cut off! But >> definitely a >> vertical would've helped I'm sure. >> >> If you have time would mind explaining what happened. Thank you. >> >> There's such wonderful potential here for a fantastic photograph >> with drop >> dead lighting and angle, it almost makes me cry to see it in this >> chopped >> off fashion. >> >> ted >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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