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Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW - Week 4 - Slide One
From: John Straus <Mail@SlideOne.com>
Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2002 23:15:26 -0600

Thanks for the feedback :)

I kept highlight detail but got no shadow detail :|
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John 
Chicago, IL 
http://SlideOne.com
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on 1/28/02 11:26 PM, Nathan Wajsman at wajsman@webshuttle.ch wrote:

> John,
> 
> Harsh comments forthcoming ;-)
> 
>> http://slideone.com/PAW2002/week04.02.html
>> Self Crit: I like the group interaction on the left side of the frame and
>> the single girl doing her thing in the mirror. The blur of the passers by
>> gives a slight feeling of 'happening'. The poster in the upper right need a
>> burn job. Overall it works ok for me.
> 
> This is not bad, except that there is no obvious center of interest. I would
> like it better if all three girls in the center were turned toward the camera.
> But I do like the blur of passers by.
> 
>> http://slideone.com/PAW2002/week04alt1.02.html
>> Self Crit: The composition feel good to me but the small amount of emptiness
>> in the center may bother me a little. I like the two foreground people w/o
>> them the shot would be flat. I thought of a little crop along the top but
>> seem to like how the various rectangle shapes (posters, light, and drawing)
>> work together...
> 
> The foreground is the most interesting part of this picture, and you should
> probably have focused close on these two people rather than taking in the
> entire
> scene.
> 
>> http://slideone.com/PAW2002/week04alt2.02.html
>> Self Crit: I think this shot would have worked better if I was up on a chair
>> looking down a little. I like the pull on the polaroid but the arm blocking
>> the camera is bothersome. A little profile of the photographers face might
>> help too but I don't think totally necessary...
> 
> This is actually my favorite of these pictures. Not seeing the photographer's
> face does not bother me.
> 
>> http://slideone.com/PAW2002/week04alt3.02.html
>> Self Crit: The girl painting seems ok. I'm not sure of the lady in the BG.
>> Showing a little more of the work area on the left might help too or panning
>> the camera that way...
> 
> Here, I would lower the camera a bit (it seems like you are looking down on
> the
> girl) and wait until the woman in the background disappeared.
> 
> Good job with the developing and scanning, BTW. You have retained detail in
> the
> highlights with a 1600 film, well done!
> 
> Nathan


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