[Leica] IMG: Just for fun

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Hi Bob,

Glad it worked OK.  I've heard some folks say they never crop, that's always
their choice.  So I'm a tad gun shy about mentioning how a crop will and
does, usually, make for a more eye appealing photo. 

 

Just as you've shown with the cropped version. It was a good photo, now it's
an eye popping great photo! :-) We can step right into the photo and take a
eat. :-) 

 

I fine photo to say the least. Good on you.

 

Cheers,

ted  

 

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From: lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Bob 
Adler
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Just for fun

 

Ted,

 

Thanks so much for the advice. I gave it a whirl and have posted it here:

 

http://raflexions.com/2009Seder/content/L1000713_Cropped_large.html

 

What I also like about your suggestion, other than the blurred foreground
being a visual block, is that the orange curve of the foreground plate now
starts the flow of my eye down the table; a visual pointer.

 

So great suggestion Ted. Thank you very much.

Best,

Bob

 

 Bob Adler

Palo Alto, CA

http://www.raflexions.com

 

 

 

 

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From: Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca>

To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>

Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 4:17:45 PM

Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Just for fun

 

 

 

Bob Adler offered:

 

 

 

>>Satturday took me a bit out of my comfort zone photographically; a less

planned 

 

> approach shooting hand held at f1.4. It was really a treat with the M8!

 

> We had our annual Seder (Passover) dinner on Saturday night. My favorite

catch 

 

> was this one:

 

> http://raflexions.com/2009Seder/content/L1000706_large.html

 

> It's a lovely evening with family and friends. We had lots to celebrate:

happy kids, growing families, new engagements and just catching up. I

thought the 

 

> table setting was very lovely this year:

 

> http://raflexions.com/2009Seder/content/L1000706_large.html

<http://raflexions.com/2009Seder/content/L1000706_large.html%3c%3c%3c> <<

 

 

 

Hi Bob,

 

Over all? A wonderful set of photographs. 

 

 

 

Sometimes it's interesting to throw "caution to the wind" and shoot wide

open just for the heck of it and end up with a picture series you never

thought would work as well as these. The beautiful thing about doing this

is, we learn that it doesn't always have to be "f. 8.0 and be there!" :-)

 

 

 

They are beautiful, however! ;-) A small note about the dining table which

is beautifully done, but maybe?

 

 

 

A tiny point of cropping for a thought!

 

 

 

As we look at the frame right at the bottom try cropping the first place

setting off about to the far edge of the booklet on the plate. This still

retains the orange coloured edge of the plate about where the sharpness

begins to happen. What this tiny bit of cropping does is,  it eliminates the

very out of focus bottom edge of the photograph and we begin to look at the

setting & scene at a sharp point which carries well into the background.

 

 

 

The out of focus foreground is actually a "visual block" getting right into

the scene. Notice how your eyes fight to go beyond this out of focus area.

As soon as they look into the very sharp area? We are sitting at the table

and not fighting an attempt to bring the foreground into focus.

 

 

 

I bet if you crop it as I've suggested and make a print you'll be very

surprised how effective that tiny bit off makes to the impact of the

picture.

 

 

 

You can do the same thing by holding up a white card to the screen, crop

this area off, it isn't much because you do have to keep the far orange edge

of the plate setting to see how effective the photo becomes with the crop.

It's the far edge of the booklet that's tie crop line, but keeping the plate

orange in. 

 

 

 

Other than this tiny bit, it is a smashing photo.

 

 

 

ted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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