Re: Sharing some work

 
 
In a message dated 10/22/2006 10:48:27 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
jeh50@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/main.php?g2_itemId=55591

Hello JE. 
 
Thanks for sharing these shots.  The one thing that strikes me in most  of 
them is the lack of a square horizon.  I'm not too sure why, but they  all seem 
to have a noticeable tilt.
 
The Greek Temple seems to be a little weighted to the left, it seems to  want 
more room on the right, and less of the foreground, which I can't see  adding 
much to the shot.  On my monitor, the sepia seems to have gone  almost 
orange.  
 
The cistern was too murky to see, so I rtook it to Photoshop and lightened  
it, and saw some terrific detail in the top of the columns, also in the water  
reflections.  The shot must have been handheld?  It seems uniformly  not 
sharp.  In places like that, I look for something to sit my camera  on.  Also, 
since it is a formal head-on composition, I think I would have  tried to stand 
more in the center to get the columns lined up better.
 
Passage has the boat going up-hill somewhat, and for my taste needs some  
warmth, maybe add some orange filter to the shot.  The mid-tones need to be  
opened up a little bit so you can see the detail in the background.
 
Blue Mosque is again dark and tilted; If you add a little warmth to it  
either with color balance or orange filter, then the details illuminated by the 
 
lights come out white and it looks more like a night shot than a blue shot
 
Kea is a nice shot, but suffers from that tilted camera again.   I'd  use 
image transform if you have it, to straighten up the verticals of  the blue 
door.
 
Hope these comments help, and as usual, are just my opinion.
 


Regards,  
Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Oldest continuous  settlement in La Louisiane
égalité, liberté,  crawfish

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