Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To me, you shot her from too far away. Get closer! - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Straus" <John@SlideOne.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 4:59 PM Subject: [Leica] PAW - Week 3 - SlideOne > Week 3 here and gone getting around to posting a bit late. > > http://slideone.com/PAWimages/week03.02.html > Self Crit: I like the snow blur and the salt patterns on the pavement. The > woman is caught at the right time in front of the tall brick section > avoiding her head from getting lost in the BG. I wish she was running the > other direction to get a little more profile of the face and fighting > against the snow... Overall an ok shot maybe a 6/10...maybe not... > > http://slideone.com/PAWimages/week03alt.02.html > Self Crit: I like the loneliness of the shot & the crossing of the swings. > The big detraction is the two footprints in the snow. Using a slower shutter > speed and having the swings blurred would help a lot too... > > Feel free to trash the shots, always looking for good reasons why they don't > work! > > I give Self Crits and ratings to write down what I feel, not to boost ego or > the shots. As many have said the photographer can be attached to the shots > for the wrong reasons and their objectivity can be off. This gives me a way > to see how far off I am in judging my own photos. Sometimes I'm on the mark > sometimes I'm WAY off. I often look at stuff I've made prints of months or > years later, all I can say to myself is 'What were you thinking??!!' > > A few new (new as in posted not recently shot) shots posted on the main site > as well take a look if you want... > -- > John > Chicago, IL > http://SlideOne.com > ==================== > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html