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Subject: [Leica] Are fish short-sighted? - Phong
From: j2m46 at hotmail.fr (Jean-Michel Mertz)
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:24:09 +0200
References: <BLU155-W10E6629A5A2D250567710A8DC00@phx.gbl>, <EB109EC8-15D9-4254-B845-51952B71933C@cartersxrd.net>, <BLU155-W20072A8C127CE3719C2EC28DC00@phx.gbl>, <CACeROa6eA8SnaYZB1Zjcw=p8uuAWuGm-MzZ=iMrRVF0pqgD-Qw@mail.gmail.com>

Thank you Phong for your comment  and appreciation. I'm working on another 
batch of these. You're right, there is a difference between seeing from the 
water upwards and looking through rippled waters.JM

Jean-Michel Mertz
Strasbourg

 > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:43:30 -0400
> From: leicaphong at gmail.com
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Are fish short-sighted? - Ric
> 
> Jean-Michel,
> 
> That's very creative, and beautiful.
> I cannot say I have a clear favorite, but "In principio" and "Church and
> tree" best give a sense of a fish (well, I don't quite know what's it's
> like being a fish, more like when I scuba dive and lookup near the surface,
> perahps because of the blue ?), while "principio" and "Dusk" remind me more
> of rippled water.
> 
> Best,
> 
> - Phong
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at 
> hotmail.fr>wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Ric! Fact is, I'm still hesitating between giving some clues
> > (trees, buildings, people ...) and being totally abstract!JM
> >
> > Jean-Michel Mertz
> > Strasbourg
> >
> >  > From: ric at cartersxrd.net
> > > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:35:53 -0400
> > > To: lug at leica-users.org
> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Are fish short-sighted?
> > >
> > > this series is going to bre fun
> > >
> > > the first and second are my faves
> > >
> > > likely because they are more abstract and do not invite interpretation
> > >
> > > ric
> > >
> > >
> > > On Apr 11, 2013, at 10:33 AM, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is this what a short-sighted tourist fish would see? This is a new
> > series I'm experimenting, so C&C are welcome here! (4 images so far, no
> > Photoshop tinkering!)JM<
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jean-Michel/troubled+waters/L1071325.jpg.html>
> > M8 + collapsible Elmar 2.8 / 50
> > > >
> > > > Jean-Michel Mertz
> > > > Strasbourg
> > > >
> > > >
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