[Leica] Lee England's PAW

[bruce at ralgo.nl (bruce)]

Thanks for your comments, Lee.

The book and trash can + a good eye and vision have certainly created  
a strong photo.

Continued success,
B.

On 26-jan-2006, at 17:01, Lee England wrote:

> Bruce,
>
>     The scene in the church is quite high in contrast because of the
> windows.  I've tried it before on a sunny day, and there's just no  
> hope.  So
> I caught this one on a cloudy day, and even then the contrast is  
> high.  When
> I tried the #1 or #1/2 filter the scene looked so washed out it  
> lost its
> vitality.  If you look at the scene again you'll notice, with the  
> exception
> of the ceiling lamps at the very top, there's not a curved line at  
> all.  So
> I finally decided the high contrast suited the starkness of the  
> scene and
> used a #2 filter.  It was that light and contrast, after all, that  
> attracted
> me to the scene.
>     The thought of cropping out the windows never occurred to me  
> since I was
> never distracted, just struck by the starkness of it all.  I'm  
> catholic, and
> there're so many curved lines at St. Mary in Natchez it seemed absurd
> someone could pray here.  This is my 2nd PAW and each time someone  
> has been
> distracted by a blown highlight that hadn't bothered me.  So I  
> appreciated
> the comments and resolve to get better and start noticing such.  I  
> learned
> all my photography from a book and having a very large trash can.   
> This kind
> of forum is a big help to me.
>
> Lee England
> Natchez, Mississippi
> USA
>
> On 26 JAN 06 Bruce wrote:
>
>> Really like the stark black and white effect.
>>
>> May I ask if you tried removing the door frame on the left and the
>> window frame on the right? I think that crop would enhance the image.
>>
>> Thanks for showing and detailing part of history,
>> B.
>
> On 24-jan-2006, at 16:07, Lee England wrote:
>
>> This is my second PAW--a print I did this week.  It's the interior
>> of the
>> church at Rocky Springs, Mississippi, on the old Natchez Trace.  It
>> was
>> there when General Grant's army invaded Mississippi, passing by on
>> the road
>> just outside.  All of the yankee Army of Tennessee's infantry
>> divisions
>> bivouaced on various days around the church because of the water
>> source of
>> Rocky Springs.
>>     The Army of Tennessee moved on to Jackson, then turned toward
>> Vicksburg
>> and beat us at Champion Hill near Edwards, Miss., then took the
>> bridge over
>> the Big Black River (near US highway 80 bridge).  Once they had
>> that and
>> then took Haynes Bluff, giving them access to supply boats on the
>> Yazoo
>> River, Vicksburg was doomed.  When Vicksburg fell it just killed us.
>>     Taken with Leica M2, 35mm Summaron, Ilford HP5 developed in  
>> HC110.
>>
>> http://englandphotographic.com/paw.html
>>
>> Lee England
>> Natchez, Mississippi
>
>
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