Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marshall, C.R." wrote: Message-ID: <8F104CFE1DF4D411949C005004606D24A3E919@ems7.uwsp.edu> References: Week 8 went up over the weekend. http://my.voyager.net/~cmarshal/wk082001.htm My alternate this week is the same picture as the original, only reversed. My scanner creates a flipped image that I have to reverse. In some ways, I like the reversed image better. The line of shoes does a better job of leading the eye to the shopper in the alternative. Her view leads you back to the shoes. It seems more active somehow. In the original, she leads you to the shoes, the shoes lead you out of the picture, and that is the end of the story. I would also be interested in comments on cropping. I put her eyes about 1/3rd of the way down and left some space behind her, centering her in hir 1/3rd of the frame. The shoe racks take most of the right 2/3rds. (snip) ======================================================================= It's strange, but the alternate appeals more to me, too. Maybe it's got something to do with the fact that I'm left-handed? Apart from that, my 2 cents are: (a) I like your use of lines and your balanced foreground composition (b) the female subject could have been a little closer (c) your low camera position, causing you to tilt the camera upwards, resulted in converging verticals in the wall and a tilted ceiling, due to the wide angle of the lens. The effect, to me, is to give the picture a look of instability. Regards, ===== Ray "The trouble with resisting temptation is you never know when you'll get another chance!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/