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21-JUN-2004 Lonnit Rysher

* A Place to Think by Lonnit Rysher

Throgs Neck Bridge, Queens, NY

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
1/60s f/5.6 at 135.0mm iso1600 hide exif
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Date/Time21-Jun-2004 19:49:32
MakeCanon
ModelEOS 10D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length135 mm
Exposure Time1/60 sec
Aperturef/5.6
ISO Equivalent1600
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modepartial (6)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Guest 30-Jun-2004 04:36
Cropping that leftmost support out looked funny b/c it brought too much attention to the upper left and threw the hole thing out of balance. The left third line comes in around the middle of his back so I figured that was close enough to get him there! LOL! I've also got this thing for 2:3 formats and shortening them up to anything less looks so boxy to me. I actually most prefer golden rectangles but I gave up on them b/c it was just too time consuming to re-crop every shot I take to that format. If I tried to get him any further left I would have felt compelled to scale the shot down, making it shorter as well. There was just no room for cropping top or bottom. I could easily have made it an 8x10 but they just look so dang stubby to me. I'd rather go square before 8x10. Funny, it must go back a long way with me b.c. long before I ever got into this hobby, about 14 years ago, I had my wedding album done in square format. LOL! ~ Lonnit
Guest 28-Jun-2004 11:11
I'm with you on the rotation Lonnit, but wonder if you should just crop the first bridge support - that would move the lone figure slightly closer to the left third which improves the composition ever so slightly, I think. A nice shot, and the grain from the high ISO actually adds to it. Phil
Canon DSLR Challenge26-Jun-2004 20:20
I had to rotate it a bit but couldn't go as far as I would have liked b/c of the bridge supports in the background. The resulting crop cut off too much. This was a compromise. :) ~ Lonnit
Anna Yu26-Jun-2004 05:40
Wow beautiful red color, pensive. Could you try rotating cw by 0.2 degrees?
Guest 23-Jun-2004 13:14
Fantastic!! This is beautiful, Lonnit!! Gorgeous colors and composition.