Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, In this case, the photographer was staging a photo. We have a woman posing in front of destruction. A very wide angle lens (more than 20 and less than 12mm) was used from a high position to maximize the ground and minimize the horizon. There is only the woman in the foreground for perspective so we don't know how far the devastation extends. A balanced photograph would have drawn back to show how the destruction fits into the cityscape. With all that, the objection to the photo shows that we are in fact moving into a period where some in fact want to dictate how a photo is taken: what lens, exposure, what have you. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Tina Manley Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 11:53 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] some new snaps, a propos At 10:11 AM 11/8/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Beware of what you read and see from that conflict. Nothing is as simple >as it seems. > >Emanuel Lowi >Montreal A different slant on a recent news photograph: http://www.honestreporting.com/articles/critiques/Something_Fishy_at_AFP .asp Using a wide angle lens is distorting the truth? Tina Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.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