Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This was a strange one. Sometimes you don't know what you're going to get. During our walk Sunday, we went past a playground. On the slide, I saw a tiny leg peeking out into the sunlight, hesitating. I thought it was cute, I just raised my camera focused and shot. I was wearing sunglasses, so I didn't see into the shadows. Later I discovered I'd captured the image of a little girl who was very afraid of what she was about to do. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1003231SlideHesitate-w.jpg.html It's even more disturbing in black-and-white. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/album170/L1003231SlideHesitateBW-w.jpg.html There's something kind of Diane Arbus-ish about this one. The emotion is real, but I'm not sure if I want to keep this one up. What do you think? M8, 50 Summicron. B&W version with a purple-blue digital filter to lighten the slide somewhat. --Peter