Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Michiel - Very nice shot of your lovely daughter - and great idea to shoot her regularly at this 'elastic' age. The dining shot, however, I think is an excellent example of when its time to put the 15 away; the perspective and distortion distract from, rather than add to the quality of the image. On 3/13/06 12:31 PM, "Michiel Fokkema" <michiel.fokkema@wanadoo.nl> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > I think the aperture was 5.6. If I had tipped down a bit more I would > have had a black part on the bottom of the picture because of the > darkness under the table. A 19 or 21 might have been a better lens for > this picture but I don't have one. > > Thanks for looking, > > Michiel > > Richard S. Taylor wrote: >> Michiel - That's a nice portrait of your daughter. Your project with >> her sounds like a good one. >> >> Since I've been playing with the one myself, I'm more intrigued by your >> use of the CV15 in the restaurant, though. >> >> Was it shot wide open? Did you estimate focus on your friend? (It >> looks like your friend and the far background is really sharp, the >> foreground less so.) Do you think a bit more tip down to lose some of >> the ceiling would still work? >> >> Nice picture, too, by the way. ;-) >> >> Thanks. >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> http://michielfokkema.wordpress.com/picture-a-week-2006/week-9/ >>> http://michielfokkema.wordpress.com/picture-a-week-2006/week-10/ >>> >>> C&C welcome and appreciated. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Michiel Fokkema >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information