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Subject: [Leica] IMG: In the dying of the light - Lake Tahoe, 2 October 2010
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 21:54:17 -0700
References: <AANLkTini-s+hagW-Qor4iUN+0e151Us2xb+MPD5XqpoT@mail.gmail.com> <1A840B485CF748D6B9C393F910FEEF40@syneticfeba505>

No sorry required, Ted. I greatly appreciate your insights and am glad you 
shared them! I'll see what might come out of a few alternate shots.

Best regards,
Adam

Sent from my iPad

On Oct 2, 2010, at 8:50 PM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Adam Bridge showed:
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: In the dying of the light - Lake Tahoe, 2 October 
> 2010
> 
> 
>> Shot looking eastward toward the Nevada side from Carnelian Bay. The
>> panoramas will be amazing because that's part of a double rainbow as
>> the light came sliding in beneath the cloud deck and above the peaks
>> of the Sierra to the west. My wife and I were in awe.
>> 
>> <http://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Lake-Tahoe/14018035_JMVt4#1031308895_W5M4e-A-LB>
> 
> Jeeesh Adam,
> I hate to  sound like the old grouch when the moment has such fantastic 
> potential! But here goes. :-(
> 
> The branches sticking in right side and the top kill it! And I don't think 
> you have enough room to crop the right side to get rid of them and still 
> maintain  a composition balance.
> 
> I think your options were when you shot the picture. Either gone wider and 
> used the branches as part of the picture rather than a distraction to 
> sun-rainbow sky as we see here.
> 
> Or tried to get an angle to eliminate the branches completely in the 
> initial exposure. Probably by moving forward if possible, or a longer 
> lens. Both of which I have no idea if it were possible. However.
> 
> But right now they are nothing more than a distraction and I doubt enough 
> room for any kind of reasonable cropping  to maintain a the potential of 
> what could/would have been  a very nice photograph.
> 
> And yes I can well understand why you and your wife were in awe. It is a 
> very beautiful scene with incredible potential. Next time.
> 
> Sorry mate.
> cheers,
> Dr. ted
> 
> 
> 
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