At 09:32 AM 10/6/03, Roger Wesson wrote:
Hi everyone,
Not sure I will ever need a varimagnifinder but it's good to know what it
looks like! I do need a Zuiko 18/3.5 though, that's for sure.
Nope . . . you **need** them both. The varimagnifier would be used to help
focus the 18/3.5 (not that easy sometimes due to its extreme field). Zuiko
. . . ummmm . . . hobbyism at it's finest.
Comments and criticism most welcome.
Your collective group should be in the "post card" and "calendar"
business. Excellent architectural studies of London's structures. One of
the window shots would have made a superb pattern/texture TOPE. You were
blessed with beautiful "calendar" weather with very blue skies and nice
cumulous clouds.
Not a reflection on the photographer, but about the unique architecture of
one building in particular. The GLA building was most interesting. I
wanted to reach into the photograph and straighten the upper floors to
center them on each other. Then I wondered if it happened to be a very
windy day! Finally, the thought occurred it might just be the shark's
dorsal fin on yet another corporate raider building being used for a remake
of an old Monty Python movie leader. Must have been an interesting set of
reviews by critics when that building was finished! :-)
BTW, if you look through my stuff, you'll find I have a very "rectilinear"
style with strong verticals and/or horizontals . . . or at least the
feeling of it with perspective lines. Diagonals and curves tend to be more
subtle and less prominent. Not always true . . . but strong horizontals
and verticals and straight lines are accentuated if there's a hint of it in
the subject material. Likely why I wanted to "straighten" the building.
Great Stuff.
-- John
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