[Leica] The Crucible

[rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)]

Sonny

I definitely prefer the first picture. There's more scenery, more physical 
depth, more atmosphere. And it's sharper - the DOF covers just the right 
distance from the actors to the background (stopped down the Nocti, 
hmm?).... The composition has slightly too much in the left - the table and 
chair at the right are somewhat isolated. Maybe it would be worth trying to 
crop them off (or to blacken the left decor).

The second picture works less for me. It is less a dynamic situation than in 
the first one. And it's not really sharp (handheld slow time? Nocti wide 
open?) and the people in the background is too unsharp to be sharp but too 
sharp to be bokeh'ish. The black background is not black enough for me; and 
there is an ugly outline at the borders which probably happened after the 
resizing (that's why I always crop one pixel at each border after resizing).

Thanks for posting, and cheers
Didier

>We are fortunate to have a strong theatre  department at NSU, and we try to 
>get to as many of their 20 or more plays and  musicals a year. Two shots 
>from "The Crucible,"  performed at  Northwestern's Theater this past 
>weekend. both shots are on the same page, so  you'll need to scroll down.
>http://www.sonc.com/crucible.htm
>M7,  Noctilux,  Fuji 800 
>Regards,  
>Sonny