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Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Famous Taos Church
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 19:54:24 -0500
References: <30db39f20909061648h3fb49d84pac075a667d7b301d@mail.gmail.com> <018801ca2f55$37bf73e0$a302a8c0@ted> <30db39f20909061742t53e3eda4h177484d2fce405b0@mail.gmail.com>

No, It is so rare to get soft light on that church, and you nailed it in
color.

On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Robert D. Baron <rbaron at 
concentric.net>wrote:

> As usual, Uncle Dr. Ted, you nailed it:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/NM_09/StFrancisAssisi/W_L1006967cT.jpg.html
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Bob
>
> p.s. Do you think some or all of these would gain or lose impact if
> converted them to b&w, or would basically just be the same except for
> the lack of color?
>
> (I'm not expressing myself very artfully here but I think you know what I
> mean.)
>
>
>
> ==On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Ted Grant<tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > Robert D. Baron showed:
> > Subject: [Leica] IMGS: Famous Taos Church
> >>
> >> So many great painters and photographers have produced timeless images
> >> of the St. Francis of Assisi Church in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, it
> >> seemed almost silly for me to try, but being a tourist with an M8 on
> >> each shoulder I was undeterred.
> >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/NM_09/StFrancisAssisi/
> >
> > Hi Bob
> > An interesting series and croppings.
> > I kind of like the front view that is nearly square 6967c1.
> > But here is a crop to try that you might find OK?
> >
> > Frame 6967and crop the bottom off starting on left bottom edge of the
> wall
> > and go straight across? This maintains a rectangle format rather than
> going
> > square. I think it adds to the horizontal effect rather than the tighter
> > square crop of 6967c1which kind of makes the charch feel sort of cramped
> > space.
> > See what you think. It's a minor crop change and until you try it???????
> > Well you know the rest! :-)
> > cheers,
> > ted
> >
>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
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