[Leica] Oil Spill comments

[robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron)]

Reading the blog, I believe BP was/is Harrison's client.

This is excellent professional work on behalf of a client if my
understanding is correct.

Facts and context are important when forming an opinion.

--Bob

==On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Richard Man writes:
> "Nice work! Lots of images to digest.
>
>
> The colors are very bright, or is it just me?
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:04 PM, Harrison McClary <lists at mcclary.net> 
> wrote:
>
>
> I have updated my blog with images of what I have been working on during
>
> the past month of my coverage of this oil spill in the Gulf. ?Only the
>
> photos way down the page of the "Crusin' the Coast" were shot with Leica
>
> glass mounted on a Panasonic G2. ?The rest are all Canon images.
>
>
> This has definitely been an experience and I'd dare say I have covered more
>
> of this spill than anyone else, period. ?I have been in at least 90 percent
>
> of the staging areas, been on the water with boat crews placing and working
>
> boom from almost day one, have flown over and landed on the incident site,
>
> have been from Grand Isle, LA to Panama City, FL and all points in between,
>
> have covered clean up, defense building, decon, bird and turtle cleanings,
>
> air, water, sediment, and marine life testing. ?I have worked this thing
>
> since April 30 with only a total of 15 days off. ?Anyway hope you enjoy
>
> looking at the photos.
>
>
> http://www.mcclary.net/blog
>
>
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>
> I find myself in agreement with Richard on both points. Harrison's coverage
> of the oils spill was thorough and professional but the excessively bright
> colors of the images (at least on my monitor) put a happy gloss over the
> depiction of what should have been a sobering and sometimes tragic
> situation. This is a story that should have been covered in black and 
> white.
> Otherwise it looks like it was filmed in Disney Land. Harrison, I'm very
> impressed with your coverage and effort but if you release a book on the 
> oil
> spill cleanup, mute the colors.
> Larry Z
>
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