Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree Tina, but I didn't use the word "controversial". Mood, intention. As it is, they are landscapes without the "invisible eyebeam", so to speak. R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 2:12 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Where I live, how I live > At 10:52 AM 8/28/02 +0200, you wrote: > >Hi Graham, I've just been looking over your landscapes. Very nice > >photographs. But... ;-) I sense a lack - a lack of mood or intention. > >Usually I'm not very for the photographer intruding into the picture too > >much, but I think landscape is a genre which does require the photographer > >to make a statement about the countryside (in this case). I wonder whether > >this is a choice on your part, to present these pictures (which are > >compositionally very well realised) so blandly? > >R. > > Rob - > > I love Graham's landscapes and always look forward to seeing them. Not > everything has to be controversial. Graham's photos are restful and > calming. I would love to have them hanging on my wall and disappear into > them when things get stressful. One person's bland is another person's > nirvana, I guess. > > To me, Graham's statement about the countryside is that he finds it > beautiful. Thanks, Graham, for showing us where you live. > > Tina > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > http://www.tinamanley.com > > images available from: > http://www.pdiphotos.com > http://www.mira.com > http://www.agpix.com > http://www.newscom.com > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html