Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Neil Beddoe marketed himself: >>While I was in NYC on the 4th of July, I spotted a gang of nude motorcycling nuns. They were involved in a horrendous crash with a tanker carrying almond massage oil and a truck full of ping pong balls. Luckily I had my camera and caught the whole thing. Not true but nobody commented when I posted "A morning walk in NYC" and you just gotta market yourself. >>>>> http://www.leica-gallery.net/beddoe/folder-3170.html<<< Good morning Neil, OK here's one. Dancers: The feet and legs appear out of focus as though your point of focus is behind them on the watchers. A slightly slower shutter speed would've given more "motion of dancing" movement to the legs and feet enhancing a "dancing effect.." The light is distracting in everyone of the posted pictures... not your fault as one can't control sunshine. But in these bright sun hard shadow scenes it's a killer.... unless one is required to use flash fill. The motley light shining on the shirts of the dancers catches the eyes and one has a hard time getting of the shirts. If you're going to shoot under these conditions try to find you "scene within all shadow or all sunlight.... or where the shadows enhance the scene not distract from it. Sketch: The shadows are killing you again. This kind of light - shadow pattern points up very strongly what Marc Riboud says about sunlight... "It's the enemy of photographers" or close to that. meaning it creates harsh shadows etc etc. This would've been much better all shadow or all sunlight. I know someone is going to say "well the shadows on her face give it a kind of mystique of anonymity..... "Horse hockey pucks!" It spoils the face and is a distraction because.... the viewer fights to see who she is. Bikes: The rider on tight right is no problem going out of the frame, but the other two leaders appear out of focus on my screen. Using a higher shutter speed and stopping them dead or the opposite, slower and let them blur as they passed could've added some feeling to this one. Cop: This I like and even though the motley shadows are there they don't take away from the picture because the frame is filled with the main body of the scene. And it's your re-action to a scene that required some probably quick camera use before she and her partner moved on. Well done. Gospel singer: Probably due to scanning the screen image is flat and muddy looking. This is the perfect example of >......we don't hear the sound you did!... So telling us he's a gospel singer means nothing. The brickwork lower left corner drags the viewers eyes away from the subject even the "action moment is good." Hands and arms gesturing.... and that was good timing to shoot. But once again, it's the killer sunlight spoiling the shot. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html