Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Never let a single person's opinion to sway you. I may be blind or just being a as*hat. See what other people say. In my mind, if the climber is lower down, that may create the "tension" I was speaking about, but again, just my opinion. On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Aram Langhans <leicar at q.com> wrote: > First, sorry Tina. I seem to have hijacked your thread. Not intended. > > Richard. Valid criticisms. > > The dynamic range was tremendous. I did not try HDR, since I have never > had any luck making that look "normal", so I just worked with the RAW files > to achieve the best balance I could. Besides, I have no idea how to blend > as a panorama and HDR in the same photo. > > I can see that it lacks focus to someone who was not there, which is > everybody seeing this photo, so in that respect I guess it is a weak photo. > To me, it brings back the awe and vastness of this undercut and the feeling > of walking behind the waterfall. So, I would guess my focus was the > waterfall framed as it was, and the people hopefully give it scale. If > course, if I have to explain this, the photo is a failure in that respect. > A > panning video might be better suited to get the mood across. And with > sound > it would be even better. > > A sincere thanks for your comments. I think these comments are far more > instructive than, "nice job" comments. I will try harder next time. > > Aram > > > From: Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Panorama Muir Lake >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Message-ID: >> <AANLkTikGNSxefm4H5AUBgfjQEXGspCCiQcOdKjj5LzP8 at mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> In my eyes only, the dynamic range is a bit too wide. The climber is too >> "even" with the waterfall, so there's a lack of tension and feels like >> just >> two major elements meshed together. What's the focus? The climber in the >> shade, or the waterfalls framed by the "eye?" >> >> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Aram Langhans <leicar at q.com> wrote: >> >> I agree, Tina. So easy it almost takes the fun out of it. Ha. You have >>> some great ones. I would think it would make a great large print. >>> >>> I just visited Silver Falls State Park in Oregon and did a CS5 Pano of my >>> own: >>> >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/or10/North+Falls+Pano+Edit-2.jpg.html >>> Best viewed large. >>> >>> Comments welcome. >>> >>> Aram >>> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]