Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh I think Mark can be quite subtle in his critiques! I remember his critique of a bench view with a lighthouse. Said it looked like a post card and did not mean it in a good way. But it was good and valid advice and much appreciated. Mark wonder if you mean a critique of this. If so, I would appreciate your detailed thoughts... Thanks, Bob On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote: > I think Mark means that it's 3-D like :-) > > When Mark disses someone, that'd be no ambiguity :-) > > On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > > > I think I've just been dissed? > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Looks like a View-Master picture! > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View-Master > > > > > > -- > > > Mark R. > > > > > > > > > > From: Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> > > > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > > > Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:02:32 -0800 > > > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Why we all should buy an Alpa :-) > > > > > > > > Well it is a very unique type of shooting, Richard. Really slow and > > > cognitive. > > > > You don't get to "work" a venue like you can with a digital SLR. As > the > > > LUG > > > > experienced with me the multiple times I had to go back and shoot my > > > > "Remembering Guy Blase" image > > > > ( > > > > > > > > > > http://www.rgaphoto.com/benches/content/2011_09_24_GusBlase_MASTER_PANO_WestVi > > > > ew_large.html ) > > > > > > > > multiple times before getting the image. When the light turns good, > you > > > don't > > > > have the time to frame, bracket shoot, move and reframe and shoot > > > another set > > > > of bracketed shots. > > > > > > > > Sometimes taking your time and pre-visualizing can be a wonderful > > > experience. > > > > Other times I wish I could work a subject from multiple vantage > points > > > while > > > > the light cooperates. > > > > > > > > I love the slow cognitive work for landscapes. I love being able to > > work > > > a > > > > subject for portrait shots. Different tools for different folks; we > are > > > lucky > > > > to live at such an amazing time for our passion of photography! > > > > Best, > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > Bob Adler > > > > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > > > > > > > On Jan 22, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Richard Man < > richard at richardmanphoto.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> To me personally, these two are the most important points: > > > >> > > > >> - Search for the unseen. The first step in creating a great image is > > to > > > >> show something heretofore unseen. > > > >> > > > >> - It is not only the subject matter that contains the unseen. It > can > > > be a > > > >> special angle, a special view, unusual lighting, a distinct vantage > > > point, > > > >> Hyper-Reality or something else. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Richard Man > > > >> <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > > > > http://www.luminous-landscape.com/understanding-series/everything_matters__i > > > >>> t_is_all_about_the_small_details.shtml > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> -- > > > >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> Leica Users Group. > > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Bob Adler > > Palo Alto, CA > > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA http://www.rgaphoto.com