Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric I am glad that someone shares the fact that I have a right to comment in other than a fawning, adulatory manner. You might be surprised at the off-list, vicious e-mails that I received on my comments on those photos. You would think that I had insulted such idols as BD, or Sonny! When one asks for opinions, one should be prepared to receive them, whether they are accepted or not. Jerry Eric wrote: > Sam: > > >Jerry, do you really have no sense that sometimes it's better to say > >nothing? > > Actually, I appreciate Jerry's being honest and forthright in his > assessment. I was soliciting opinions and critiques, after all. If he > thinks the pictures are dull, that's his right. And I'm glad he chose to > share his opinion. > > Sonny: > > >Six and seven are my favs. Six, because of the formal way you presented the > >shot, and seven, because it has so much going on it in. > > (6) http://canid.com/sf_temp/old_reflecting_new.html > (7) http://canid.com/sf_temp/old_mill.html > > Thanks. Those are my favorites, too. > > Phong: > > > I wonder if Eric prefers to live closer to nature. > > I do enjoy being in a small town. What's really funny to me is that the > people who were born here consider it to be a big city. Granted, it's the > largest city in the state, but we're a 4 hour drive from the nearest Leica > dealer. :) > > > All in all though, especially 7, shows very careful composition. Eric, do you like Joel > > Meyerowitz ? > > Thanks. I'm not familiar with his work, but I did find his website. I do > like what I've seen so far. > > Jim: > > > The thing that strikes me most is the silence that these convey > > I hadn't noticed that while I was taking the pictures, but when I had the > negatives on my light table, that sorta jumped out at me from this grouping. > I'm glad somebody else noticed. :) > > Daniel: > > >Yep, looks the same way it did in the seventies :) > > Heh. Probably the only thing that's changed is the statue of David. I > don't believe it's been around that long. From my understanding, it caused > quite a ruckus, and some locals thought it should be wearing a fig leaf. Oh > the horrors of having a naked statue! :) > > Gene: > > >Wait a minute, guys...Remember this is Sioux Falls, there are probably no > >more than 3 people there in the first place. ;-) > > Over the weekend, we had our first homocide of the year. A couple drunks > got in a fight and one ended up stabbing the other. You can't completely > get away from it all, but in the last city I lived, the first homocide was > measured in hours after New Year's instead of in months. So that figure > should now be reduced to 2... :) > > Eric > -- > 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