Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/11

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Subject: [Leica] Capturing the essence of rain - a challenge for the season.
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Fri Nov 11 20:24:42 2005
References: <BF96C26D.7BAA%philippe.orlent@pandora.be> <p0623090bbf96bc3c5801@[131.142.12.152]> <437526AE.1090304@hemenway.com>

Jim - Well, that makes it 3:3 - a tie - from the comments I received. 
On reflection, I think I like the group or three better myself but 
the tighter crop has it's charms, too.


>I like the second one, Richard because three things is usually more
>interesting than two in a composition, and I like the personal
>interaction coming from the younger woman, (daughter?).
>
>It looks like a three generation group to me.
>
>Jim
>
>Richard S. Taylor wrote:
>
>>Rain has many essences, I think.  It might be someone sitting with 
>>their feet up on a sofa inside near a window with a steaming mug of 
>>coffee or cider as the rain pelts the picture window immediately 
>>behind them.  Or,it might be someone in an anorak shivering in a 
>>cold drizzle on a gray city street.  Or, it might be any of a 
>>number of other things.  I agree about the sharpness but would go 
>>with a slow shutter speed to catch the streaks of rain or the 
>>dizzily mist.
>>
>>I posted a cropped version of "Rain on Tourists" and would be 
>>interested in knowing what people thought of it with respect to the 
>>original.
>>
>>Cropped:
>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/RAIN/P7040003_alt_web
>>
>>Original:
>>http://gallery.leica-users.org/RAIN/P7040003_web
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Dick
>>Boston MA
>>


-- 
Regards,

Dick
Boston MA

Replies: Reply from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] Shooting in NE)
In reply to: Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] Capturing the essence of rain - a challenge for the season.)
Message from r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor) ([Leica] Capturing the essence of rain - a challenge for the season.)
Message from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] Capturing the essence of rain - a challenge for the season.)