Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Apr 2, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Ted Grant wrote: > Steve Barbour showed: > > Subject: [LRflex] wyoming... > > > > valley of the tetons & jenny lake... > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2009/view_001.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2009/floor.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2009/jenny.jpg.html > > > > > > > > Hi Steve, > > There's nothing like a super wide for "big country photos." Or > shooting > images other folks can't.. UNLESS! They have the same or wider lens > you are > using. > > One of the reasons I worked my 15mm Leica R lens constantly on travel > assignments. For interiors? It's a killer and will make the most > gorgeous of > locations look a hundred times better & bigger! > > However a couple of "maybe" suggestions for these. > > > > View 1: > > You might have a look at cropping the bottom up to the bottom of the > big > pine? Spruce on the right. In other words just take the "brighter > grasses > out and it becomes a wider look" and takes away the lighter > distracting > foreground while increasing the power of the over all picture. > > OR! Burn this area down slightly so it doesn't stand out so > dominantly. Yep > you've filled the image area well with the 19. However, sometimes a > super > wide creates a slightly "more than we need in foreground or sky." In > this > case it's crop top or bottom, or burn the area down so it isn't so eye > catching. Always slightly!! > > > > View 2: > > Absolutely beautiful! Sharpness everywhere right where it should be. > In this > kind of situation you've created the . "I can step right through the > screen > into the photo location~!" Just as it should be. Very effective > photograph! > Good on you ! > > > > View 3: > > As soon as it opened my eye was drawn immediately to the "flair?" > Upper left > area, making it the least effective of the three. Yep the reflection > is > nice, But? It might have looked OK in colour, B&W it just doesn't > cut it. > > > > Ask yourself . Is this as good as the other two? Or does it pull > them down? > Or is this one of your all time best landscape pictures? > > Then look at the delete key and hit it! ;-) yes, I understand Ted.... you're right... much appreciated your taking the time to look, explain, teach... Steve > > Dr. ted :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information