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Subject: [Leica] Namche Market: focal zone
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Sun Jan 7 14:38:46 2007
References: <001201c73222$d74e53a0$6501a8c0@asus930> <074F7618-81D0-4975-8B39-E7C91A87FFBF@ncable.net.au> <6CAE5824-CCB5-41EE-9553-53433C4C2453@mindspring.com>

Thanks Ric, it was a great trip indeed. We spent months getting fit enough
to go, we had our own guide (best decision I made) and therefore did not
have to rush. We could also change plans easily. If you keep plodding you
get there: I saw a Japanese lady of perhaps 70 to 80 slowly making her way
up the steepest of slopes : slow and steady

Cheers
>
> It doesn't destroy it, but it sure distracts. Those painted eyes grab
> your attention with two hands.
>
> Just makes it part of a story, rather than a stand alone.
>
> It looks like a wonderful, beautiful trip.
>
> Ric Carter
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/
>
> On Jan 7, 2007, at 1:45 AM, Alastair Firkin wrote:
>
>> Here is one I was sure was going to be a winner: M6 with the 90 or
>> 135, looking down on the market watching the guy in the foreground
>> go through his sales pitch: the deal is almost done when I took
>> this image: I focused on the "action", but the stupa in the
>> background is therefore out of the range of the DOF. Being white
>> and big, does it draw the eye and destroy the image, ie is the out
>> of focus part too dominant and distracting?
>>
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alastair/album184/
>> album119/2004Nepal152.jpg.html>
>>
>> http://www.tiny.cc/USQHR
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Alastair
>>
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In reply to: Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] IMG: Hoppy images)
Message from firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin) ([Leica] Namche Market: focal zone)
Message from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Namche Market: focal zone)