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Subject: [Leica] IMG:Snow on Tree
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (amr3@uwm.edu)
Date: Sun Jan 20 14:30:10 2008

Quoting Howard Ritter <hlritter@bex.net>:

> Alan--
>
> What a fabulous subject for a B&W picture!
>
> I like 13 much better--the framing of the tree is better, in that the
> tree in 40A is offset and loses a lot of the right-hand branch. In
> addition, the play of light and shadow on the trunk, as well as the
> positiions of the three parts of the tree after the trunk splits, are
> much more pleasing in 13. 40A doesn't gain enough--perhaps nothing at
> all--from the fact that the branches are clearly delineated against
> the sky. This picture I think is all about the trunk. 13's a keeper
> that wants a carefully made big print!
...........................................................................................................................................
You're right.  I cut off the right branch because it wasn't as curvy as the 
rest
of the tree, but it is more obtrusive in #40 anyway.  What's funny is that I
used up a 20 exp roll in the M3 and a short, 10 exp roll in the Nikon
(different compositions, f/stops - and duplicate exposures because of a gusty
wind) but #13 is the first frame I shot.  I could've gone home right away!
;~)
Thanks for liking the picture.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University Information Technology Services
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Office Phone: 414 229-6525 | E-mail: amr3@uwm.edu
Department Phone: 414 229-4282
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