Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: Subject: [Leica] IMG: Friday Lily >This Yellow Lily blooms each year in June. Today, the blooms appeared on >Friday, just in time for a Friday Flower posting. >http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=6150 >Olympus E-1 and Zuiko Digital 14-54 >Comments and critiques welcomed. >Jim Nichols >Tullahoma, TN USA ================================================================================================== Another striking lily joins the gallery. A minor quibble - I wish the dark feature in the background behind the third stamen was not aligned with it, or was more blurred. This is known as micro-composition, and it is something to check before pushing the shutter. I became aware of this in my years of photographing people in cluttered situations. I had to avoid things like having something behind the subject appearing to come out of a person's nose, for example, or making them look like they had a pointed chin, because the tones were similar. Away with you, tonal mergers! ;~) Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA POY 1978 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt