[LRflex] Re: Walking along the seaside
- From: Richard Ward <ilovaussiesheps@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 14:03:25 -0400
Synergy :-)
I think the lines of the trail now do a better job of leading the eye across
the frame and then down into the seashore.
As to me preferring narrow horizontals, I submit that what I prefer is
whichever crop is appropriate for the image be it horizontal, vertical, square,
4x5, 4x3, 6x9, 16x9, or even 6x24 for a recent shot I printed. :-)
Once upon a time I was devoted to cropping in camera, be it with my Minolta
X700, my Rollei TLR, or my 4x5 Busch Pressman 45D, and then printing the
negatives full frame in the lab. It was a disciplinary mechanism to overcome my
tendency to rush my framing and camera angles when caught up in the rush of
shooting. It served me well until my middle 20's and my Junior Year inncollege.
I had an extended session in the darkroom with the master printer David Plowden
and he wonderfully shattered my framing paradigm with just a few carefully
chosen Questions.
Essentially, the image looks best with whatever crop is best for that image. It
doesnt care if you're shooting with a 4x5, 4x6, or 6x6, equipment. If it needs
2x3, 5x7, or 5x20 to succeed as an image, that's what it needs.
Note: I had been doing some super wide stitched imagery lately, but that had to
do with my subject being a factory building that wasnt very tall, but very very
wide.
Sincerely
Richard Ward
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On Apr 5, 2012, at 11:28 AM, "Marc Dufour" <foto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thank you, Richard.
>
> When I prepared the image to upload, I was truly tempted to crop part of the
> foreground. But at the time I didn't want to lose the visual strength of the
> trail, so didn't touch it.
> Now, following your comment, I've finally tried it... Well, the trail loses
> something, but the pictures improves :)
> I know your love for horizontal formats, something I share. BTW I was very
> appealed, this morning, by the X Pan you finally took away. I'll wait pano
> digital cameras be affordable for me, if it comes someday :(
> Here is the result of your comment:
> http://tinyurl.com/cycbasg
>
> Gratefully,
> Marc
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Richard Ward
> Enviado el: jueves, 05 de abril de 2012 16:44
> Para: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Asunto: [LRflex] Re: Walking along the seaside
>
> Hi Marc,
> the image you've shared is nice - looks like you had glorious water color
> and texture and nice light to shoot in and all of those things are
> demonstrated in your shot. However I am struck with the impression it's not
> quite an image about the waterline and not quite an image about the trail to
> the waterline and because of that it adds up to not quite the sum of it's
> parts. Maybe a different cropping would help the sea part and the trail part
> develop more of a synergy.
>
> Sincerely
> Richard Ward
>
> _____________________________________
>
> My Sarcasm Fu Is Strong,
> Proceed With Caution. :-)
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>
> On Apr 5, 2012, at 7:00 AM, Marc Dufour <foto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Walking along the seaside...
>>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Marc/Languedoc+Roussillon/IMG_2753.jpg.html
>> or
>> http://tinyurl.com/c772ae6
>> C&C welcome.
>> Best regards,
>> Marc
>>
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