[Leica] Re: LUG The light of a kiss

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

F?lix L?pez de Maturana offered about this photograph:
Subject: [Leica] Re: LUG The light of a kiss


>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/070102-30w.jpg.html

> But Luis, this is merely a *great* image!<<<<

But Felix how can you possibly say that when the back light blows away the 
couple supposedly kissing?

The concept is beautiful, "Lovers in a moment of kissing!" A wonderful bit 
of seeing on the part of Luis! Unfortunately the execution of shooting the 
concept failed! :-(

Here's an example reaction..... I opened the screen to show my wife the 
photograph without saying anything more than..... "Dear, look at this."  Her 
immediate reaction with 56 years experience of looking at photographs 
was..." It's a great picture accept for this!"

 ..... Placing her finger on the screen right on the blown out back 
lighting!

Hey and I never prompted her, it was her instant re-action!

So F?lix please, my question again?..... "how can you say it's a great 
picture?"  It is without question a beautiful imaginative seen moment. 
Unfortunately it isn't a great picture as we see it! The blown out light 
destroys it!

NOTE FOR LUIS:
Luis if you read this post, I suggest you re-shoot this simply because it 
has such wonderful potential, even if you take along a couple of friends and 
have them pose, it would truly make a "great picture!"  Change the exposure, 
bracket several frames and fill the frame tighter on the couple so the back 
light doesn't blow out the details separating their kiss!  Use the same 
position!

And obviously re-post as we're holding our breathe until we see the 
re-shoot.

Now this is the kind of thing we can do on the LUG that helps people learn 
how to do it right!

Certainly instead of a simple comment.... "great picture!" When obviously it 
isn't! The concept and seeing it superb, As will be the re-shoot! Go for it 
Luis!
ted