Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is an excellent image that will print beautifully, and it has a wonderful campiness in that it reminds one of the beautiful 1930s Leica shots presented in quality b&w magazines of the period. Sam S Aaron Sandler wrote: > Hi Nathan, > > Thanks for your comments. I agree that the shot is too cluttered. My > goal was to be able to compare the gestures of the auctioneer standing > on the table with those of her helpers (including the man with the > chair). I'm not sure that worked, but oh well! I think if I wanted to > concentrate on just the man with the chair, then your suggestion would > be an excellent one. IIRC, there may have been too much light to open > the 35 up very much, anyway. It was a sunny day outside, and there I > was without filters or slow film. > > I took a look at some of your website, and you have indeed done an > excellent job of capturing the feel of the Belgian markets. I think my > favorites were the series where you used the mirrors in your shots. > > I also enjoyed your Swiss winter photos...I lived in Zurich for two > years (1993-1995) and loved it. "Surveying the Scene" from Flumserberg > (http://www.leica-gallery.net/wajsman/image-40314.html) brought back > wonderful memories of skiing those very slopes. It's quite a place! > > Best, > Aaron > > At 12:05 AM 2/12/2004, you wrote: > >> Hi Aaron, >> >> I love antique/junk markets and have a whole section of my web site >> devoted to them. Your picture suffers from a problem that also afflicted >> several of my pictures from such events: too much going on in the frame. >> For me, the most interesting feature might be the guy carrying a chair, >> but he is also just about to leave the frame. I think that if you made >> him the central point of interest and used a wider aperture to blur the >> background a bit, you would have a better image. Easier said than done >> in a fast-moving situation, I know... >> >> Nathan >> >> Aaron Sandler wrote: >> > >> > I went to an outdoor auction of the contents of a bankrupt antique >> > store. No M3s for $20 or anything, but at least I came away with a >> couple >> > of photos for my PAW. >> > >> > http://www.duke.edu/~ajs2/PAW/2004_06/ >> > >> > Thanks for looking, >> > Aaron >> > >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> -- >> Nathan Wajsman >> Almere, The Netherlands >> >> e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl >> Mobile: +31 630 868 671 >> >> Photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/index.htm > > > -- > 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