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Subject: [Leica] poorly framed & composed snaps?
From: evanowski at gmail.com (Edmund Evanowski)
Date: Mon Feb 6 13:17:42 2006
References: <43E44556.2060001@gmail.com> <43E5CC16.6000400@planet.nl>

Hi Nathan - Thanks for the warm welcome.  After looking at it again 
today, I think your suggestion to crop the image is correct.  If I have 
time I will try that tonight and post the cropped version.

Thanks,

Ed


Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Hi Ed and welcome. It is always nice to see new faces here. Of the 
> images you posted, the last one "Heading for the Hills" is my 
> favorite. It is a quintessential pastoral scene. I think that perhaps 
> tighter cropping, eliminating the structure on the right, would 
> improve it.
>
> Nathan
>
> Edmund Evanowski wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> This is my first message to the group. I have been "lurking"  here 
>> for several months and thought it was about time I started to make 
>> some type of contribution.  I have enjoyed the PAWs and the PESOs 
>> very much and I am impressed by the constructive comments and 
>> criticisms posted here.
>>
>> I inherited a Leica M3 along with two lenses and a MR meter from a 
>> family friend who passed away 11 years ago.  Not realizing what I had 
>> in my possession, I am sorry to say I stored it away in my closet for 
>> several years.  I had always used dummy-proof  point-and-shoot 
>> cameras and I did not know what all those numbers meant on the lens, 
>> I did not know how to load the film, what the meter was for or much 
>> else about using a real camera.  I still don't know that much, but I 
>> finally learned how to use the camera when my wife signed me up for a 
>> photography class as a Christmas present 5 years ago.  For me, there 
>> is an awful lot to think about when using this camera but I love 
>> using it and learning how to use it.
>> I have posted a few pictures to the gallery located at:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/evanowski
>>
>> Comments are welcome and appreciated.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
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