[Leica] trees, rocks, and things that crawl through tubes

[dpost at triad.rr.com (Dan Post)]

Eric wrote:

>Do these work for you?
>
>http://canid.com/current/river_bank2.html
>http://canid.com/current/park4.html
>
>Xtol 1:3.  Acros 100.
>
>--
>Eric
>http://canid.com/
>
>_______________________________________________
>Leica Users Group.
>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>
>  
>
Eric-
Far be it for me to criticize- just to say what I might do, The kid on 
the crawly-tubey-thingy (What do they call those? We used to have 
Jungle-Gyms, but personally, I never thought it would be that much fun 
to be like Hampster in his Habitat!) works for me- I like it, though I 
would have cropped tighter, and taken out a lot of the bottom of the 
frame- too distracting from the expression on the kid's face! I love the 
expression! Sort of like he's wondering. "Who's the perv with the wierd 
looking camera?".... Just joking! A good Familiy of Man type shot.

The scenic is good, works for me if you were trying for an Infrared type 
of tonality with the light colored leaves. The side light and the 
composition is classic, and a vertical format for a landscape, while a 
departure from the 'accepted norm' ( Hey! We're not normal people, we're 
LUGgers, and noone in this world would accuse any of us of being 
anywhere close to normal!)  works in this case- the composition really 
does work better for it.
The only thing about it that might detract is the very high contrast, 
but that I ascribe to either the monitor I am using (calibrated, but for 
my workspace) or possible just the myriad conversions from film to the 
internet, then to my house- a whole lot of changes!

Now that I have uttered, I guess I should go pick a couple of shots and 
let you guys have at it!

Dan (I have no where else met nor communicated with Eric and the 
opinions here are soley those of the writer who not having his morning 
cuppa is also not responsible in large part for the post. I have neither 
received nor given help with any of the questions herein) Post