Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:29 AM 8/30/2008, you wrote: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tinamanley/61853_080829_49913.jpg.html > >I find the white dots at the far left distracting. I'd crop off the >left 20% of the frame. Maybe so just the hanging basket is visible, >but not the other highlight that's just hanging there without any >visible support. I put my hand up to block the left part, and then I >really like this picture, too. Thanks, Eric. That 'hanging basket' is half a lamb ;-) I wondered about those highlights, too. I think you're right about cropping them out. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tinamanley/61853_80829_50102-2.jpg.html > >I'd crop off the right and lose just a little of her body so that some >of the highlights on her arms are at the very edge of the frame. >Maybe even burn in her face a little and dodge down the light >slightly. My eye wants to avoid her face and focus on the light. >Guess I'm like a moth that way. :) I did this one as a vertical, too, without the candle and can't decide which I like better. I'm still hung up on cropping to the proportion of 35mm film, but I guess with digital there is no real reason to keep those proportions. I'll try your crop, too. Thanks! I appreciate your opinion. Tina Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com