Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B. D. Colen wrote: > Okay - Time to be blunt.:-0 (As we all know, we post photos asking for > honest comment and criticism)- (Sorry, Rob) > > This is not a "GOOD" photo. It is not, by any stretch of the imagination an > HCB "decisive moment." And it certainly isn't an FOM photo - I, II, or C. It > is an improperly exposed party snap. Period. As Ted pointed out, the light > from the flash is dumped onto the foreground, blowing out the light colored > items and leaving both the woman and the man underexposed. All the photo > tells us is that the man isn't feeling well - one assumes he's drunk - or is > very tired, and the woman is looking at a little flag, or is waving it. So > what? We don't see anything in the photo indicating that it has anything to > do with soccer, the World Cup, the Invasion of the Faulklands, or the > election of Margaret Thatcher. Nothing, in other words, to give it any kind > of context or meaning. If one knew these two people, this would be the kind > of moderately amusing photo one might hand them as a 60 Minute 4x6, > expecting them to titter in embarrassment as they tore it in half. > > B. D. today we found an inspired BD... and, on the other side, let me say I gladly agreed with Ted too. don't know if the first and hope it is not the last one. Pablo anti flash dept. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html