Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No! While an accident (yes) I love it the it way it is. Focus ain't everything! Eric On Dec 12, 2007 5:53 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote: > Eric Korenman > > > After years of photographing my son, > > > this recent photo (age 7 1/2) really > > > knocked me over: > > > http://tinyurl.com/33gr9j > > > > > > My son was goofing around - but I think it shows what is to > come..Blurred? > Sure. But I think it adds to the the punch of the image. > > > > > > We've had the photo tacked to the wall for weeks.<<<<<< > > > > Eric mon ami, > > Given I've 4 children and 10 grand children let me say. It's out of focus > and regardless of how much you love him, 40 years from now it'll still be > out of focus! > > > > If I presented an out of focus shot such as this of our children or grand > kids to my wife of 58 years who originally started me into photography, > she's toughest photo editor in the world. She'd have me committed > regardless > of what I may feel about the photo content. > > > > It's one of the toughest things about pictures of the family because we > read > all kinds of things into what "we think" it conveys but in truth it really > doesn't portray those thoughts to other viewers. > > > > So it's tough to drop it to file 13 to the waste basket! Then re-try to > capture the moment once again in focus. > > Yeah I know you know I'm right. :-) > > > > And yes I know exactly how you feel about your son, I've two of them and 6 > grandsons. But in reality this is one of those photos you look at alone > and > say to yourself.. "if only I'd have focused faster!" Shed a tear, put it > away for a look another day. :-) > > ted > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >