Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]thanks. i do have a psychological block against cropping. while i am no expert in japanese (my folks never thought it useful to teach us kids), "osu" is a generic acknowledgement used in karate, also a greeting, to show respect and spirit. kind of the "sir yes sir!" of karate. - -rei > From: Photo-M7 <photo-m7@attbi.com> > > Rei, > > I really enjoyed your photos. My son has been taking Aikido for a year. Your > photos inspire me to take some b&w shots soon (his classroom is bathed in > flourescent; my color pics were bad). > > One question I have: you note the loose framing. I think the first image > could have been cropped, as the person on the right side is very > distracting. Any reason why you didn't do so for the online image? Is this a > LUG etiquette or something? > > OK, I have a second question: what does "osu" mean? That is spoken between > sensei and the students at the end of class, and my son and I don't > understand Japanese. > > John Gong > > > > > From: "Rei Shinozuka" <shino@panix.com> > > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 10:36:25 -0500 (EST) > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Leica Users Group (LUG)) > > Subject: hai karate!! > > > > some new images: > > > > my 4-year old son in karate. (m6 .85 classic, 90AA.) from the > > parent's gallery the 90 was not really long enough, but it's my > > longest RF lens--and one i don't use very much at all. anyway, with > > RF lenses, i tend to err on the side of loose framing. > > > > http://www.shinozuka-family.com/20020223karate/ > > - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html