Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Ted, I do not agree with you. I really like this picture and poetry as Philippe calls it is in my opinion a good description. I don't need much stretching of my imagination to make something of it. I suggested to crop it even more as was already done. Best regards, Michiel Fokkema Ted Grant wrote: > Philippe Orlent posted: > > Subject:Subways lovers cropped version > >>> The poetry stays. Whatever the crop IMO.<<< > > > > Philippe, > > I have looked at this image, cropped or not each time it comes on screen > trying to see what you see? And quite frankly whatever crop or not it's a > major stretch of imagination to make anything out of it worth while. :-( > > I know that's a hard cut on your exposure, but honestly an awful lot of > your > time has been wasted on this exposure. I even have a difficult time calling > it a photograph, reflection or other wise. > > This is purely an image only you can truly appreciate because you were > there > and saw this clearly. As a photograph there's so much detail lost one has > to > use more imagination than actually seeing an understandable photo. > > Sorry mate no one learns when others are telling you to do different things > with this to make it work, maybe? > > When the hard nose killer truth is. are you ready? "Delete it!" and > remember > it as a memory lost! > > I can well understand if you get pissed off with me, that's your > prerogative > and right because you made the exposure! > > However look at how much time you've spent trying to make it work and look > like what you saw reflected in the window. > > I praise you when you shoot some of the wonderful photographs you've taken. > But in this case I will not give false praise when there's nothing there to > give any positive commentary. Other than, "well done for trying!" Chalk it > up to, "Oh well it didn't work this time and move on." > > ted > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >