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Subject: [Leica] Week 5 and WayBack 5 posted
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Fri Feb 9 18:46:02 2007
References: <D3F0ED72-E6A3-4966-8723-F1C5B954D38F@mindspring.com> <D0927F10-F879-4EE0-9C0F-4581BDCA7E17@mac.com> <04263F18-CAD5-4CAA-AB34-C9FF85564896@mindspring.com>

thanks for the long version: I think you have made a strong image, and as
always, you do balance colour with a certain "flare" that escapes my eye.
A very pleasing image and great record.

Cheers

> On Feb 9, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Lottermoser George and Mark wrote:
>
>> "why the vertical crop."
>
> This is likely a hell of a lot more than anyone wants to hear,  but I
> guess we talk about mental process from time to time.
>
> The long version:
>
> I'd seen this church before and shot it. I love its colors and
> textures. Its location is also rather desolately appealing.
>
> Went by last weekend again and stopped. Tried several angles with a
> 35 and a 21. Its sitting in an open field by itself was what was
> getting my attention. The side angle (shooting toward east) appealed
> to me for a number of reason including simpler background (house and
> trailer to the west).
>
> The full building in horizontal was interesting against the field and
> a nice cloudy sky. But, it was just sort of lazy, a nice enough
> pastoral, but it just didn't move me.
>
> In walking around the church a couple of times, I came closer to the
> front and was drawn up by the steeple which was set against the nice
> sky. It pointed up and drew my eye with it.
>
> My seen shot included a second side window. When I started cropping I
> dropped out some foreground grass. I cropped as I had seen the photo,
> with two side windows. It felt unbalanced, so I decided to give it a
> little goose and drop one window. That felt more stable and reached
> into the sky better.
>
> There's been lots of pano talk here lately, so I've found myself
> seeing that way more often. That likely made me open to this
> interpretation.
>
> BTW the sky is done with levels on the actual sky.
>
> The short version:
>
> I cropped off everything that didn't look like part of the picture;^)
>
> Ric
>
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In reply to: Message from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Week 5 and WayBack 5 posted)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) ([Leica] Week 5 and WayBack 5 posted)
Message from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Week 5 and WayBack 5 posted)