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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Indoor street photography - B&W Architecture
From: ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Sat Oct 27 14:51:24 2007
References: <4723620C.7060501@gmx.de> <AF90F4C5-5832-4073-9112-A228A6DC5A79@pandora.be> <47239D1B.4000101@numericable.fr>

I REALLY think the first one is perfect perspective! I think it may  
balance up better cropped tight to the building on the left side.

ric


On Oct 27, 2007, at 4:18 PM, Philippe Amard wrote:

> I agree with Philippe, great shots, I was only troubled by the same  
> "lack" of convergence on those cited by Ph.O.
> thanks for sharing this series I found interesting to say the least.
> Grusse
> .
> Phil...x
>
>
> Philippe Orlent wrote:
>
>> Beautiful series, Douglas.
>>
>> Now, about the first one, and the car storage towers,
>> Very strange effects on both: they are perfectly straight (I  
>> checked  this at large magnification, though it just being via  
>> your low res  jpegs) but they don't seem so optically.
>> This causes imbalance.
>> In the first one's case, this is due to an optical effect (dome  
>> vs  'straight' chimney), and in the second one it's due to a light  
>> effect  (dark cilinders vs light on the forward one from the right).
>> In both cases, it has a compositional effect: whether you choose  
>> to  keep this imbalance or not, is entirely up to you. You  
>> determine the  effect.
>> And wether it 'd be imblanced or not, it's just two different but   
>> equally acceptable ways of 'seeing' and 'presenting' this image.
>>
>> So, astonishing shots, that I'd love to see on a big and detailed  
>> print.
>>
>> Personally, I think that if you would PS the first one so that  
>> the  chimney would 'lean' a bit more towards the dome, and 'lean'  
>> the  towers a bit more to the right part of the image, you would  
>> take away  this imbalance, and attain a higher level of classical  
>> aesthetics.
>> But that is just a matter of taste, and does not change my   
>> appreciation of the shots at all.
>>
>> Beautiful tonalities, too BTW.
>>
>> Thanks for showing,
>> Philippe
>>
>>
>>
>> Op 27-okt-07, om 18:06 heeft Douglas Sharp het volgende geschreven:
>>
>>> A few more from the VW site in Wolfsburg last weekend - this time in
>>> black and white
>>>
>>> This is part of the house that Adolf built
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/105184-1/VW_Chimney.jpg
>>>
>>> This place is so large that people move around in groups, it  
>>> makes you
>>> feel slightly lost and nervous
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/105168-1/Herding_behaviour.jpg
>>>
>>> and people don't look at anyone else - the man was less than 3  
>>> feet  away
>>> when I stuck my camera more or less in his face
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/105171-1/Reception_Desk_2.jpg
>>>
>>> This is where the new cars are stored
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/105181-1/VW_Towers.jpg
>>>
>>> This is where customers can watch them being "extracted"
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/105178-2/VW_Tower_2.jpg
>>>
>>> Hope you enjoy looking at them more than we enjoyed our visit  - if
>>> you're only there to pick up your new car 4 to 5 hours there is more
>>> than enough.
>>> Cheers
>>> Douglas
>>>
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