Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Aaron, Both the composition and the quality of the scan are much better in this version. I agree with you that the question of cropping is a matter of taste and the empty space on the left adds to the feeling of loneliness in the image. Nathan Aaron Sandler wrote: > After I posted my PAW last week, Ted and Nathan joined my lamentations > that I had cut off part of the shadow of the woman crossing the street. > > It wasn't until later that I realized that I had been working with the > Costco scan and that I hadn't actually looked at the neg. Yes, > indeed...there was more at the bottom on the neg. I have now scanned > and replaced the image. The shadow is still truncated, but at least now > it's clear it wasn't my framing so much as the curb of the sidewalk! > > New version: http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2004_34/index.html > > Original version: > http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2004_34/images/main_costcocrop.jpg > > Moral of the Story: LATFN (aka Look At The @#*&ing Negative). > > -Aaron > > PS--Jesse and Nathan suggested cropping in from the left. I see why > they suggest it, but I think that I actually prefer it with all the open > space of the crosswalk. Still, I wouldn't have thought of doing it the > way they suggested, and I learned something from their feedback, so I'm > grateful they gave it. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com