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Subject: [Leica] Subways lovers cropped version
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Thu Feb 14 21:51:00 2008
References: <0JW9006XL2NCY100@l-daemon> <47B4C380.3070100@wanadoo.nl> <47B527B1.6000109@tele2.fr>

On Feb 14, 2008, at 10:48 PM, Philippe AMARD wrote:

> I would also crop it a little further dow on the right hand side  if  
> it were my photograph,
> but it is Luis's if I remember well .


please send the url of original and latest version...Steve


>
> Phx
>
> Michiel Fokkema wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
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In reply to: Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] Subways lovers cropped version)
Message from michiel.fokkema at wanadoo.nl (Michiel Fokkema) ([Leica] Subways lovers cropped version)
Message from philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD) ([Leica] Subways lovers cropped version)