Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW week 3: US imperialism in Germany
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 17:35:50 +0100
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Hi Alastair,

Thanks! Others have also commented that the people should be done away
with, but I felt that they were needed to add a sense of scale. Maybe I
should reconsider...

Nathan

Alastair Firkin wrote:

> >Last weekend we went shopping to Singen,
> >http://www.wajsman.com/2002_3.jpg
> >(M6,Fuji Acros, 24mm Elmarit)
> >
> >My alternate this week is another Swiss landscape,
> >http://www.wajsman.com/2002_3alt1.jpg
> >(M3, 50mm Summilux, Maco 820 IR film)
>
> Nathan,
>
> Well that is what I call bookends. Both ends of the spectrum. Both
> images are quite beautiful, but the first could benefit from a more
> definite human presence. The people in this image are just too far
> away for me -- can't say how you could fix it using the same
> patterned work of the carts, but maybe the image would be stronger
> without anyone in it at all.
>
> Cheers
>
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> Alastair Firkin
>
> http://www.afirkin.com
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