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Subject: RE: [Leica] Don's PAW 39 After
From: "Don Dory" <dorysrus@mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 23:20:28 -0400

All,
Photographers and critics have been fighting the battle over single
theme images and or very complex multi part images for a long time.
Normally, for web use, a focused image with one dominant subject works
best as the detail on the screen always leaves a lot to be desired.

Normally, I post focused images as my PAW as that works best on the web.
However, Steve in particular stubbornly posted many complex images as he
found such images more intellectually challenging as well as
esthetically pleasing to him.  As I wanted to post an image as a tribute
to Steve, I posted an image that he might have found worthwhile.

As to comments, I have a very thick skin: you can't have gone the places
I've been without some rhino hide.  Also, I believe that there is some
thin skin here.  One of the reasons I don't especially comment on others
images is I had made a fairly focused comment about one of Graham's very
first postings that was made entirely in the spirit of help and
coaching.  Some of the LUG comments after were to the effect of you can
not put images up without being flamed.  For me, bring on the comments.
From Ted I have learned to bend my knees or crawl to get the correct
viewpoint, from Steve and others I have learned better ways of
navigating the street, from the Deadman I have learned PS tricks that
really help.  The list goes on.

Don
dorysrus@mindspring.com

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jerry
Lehrer
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 4:26 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Don's PAW 39 After

Slobo und Steve

Maybe Hogarth could do a scene with many centers of
attention, because they did not occur at the same split
second.  A photographer has to isolate each action and
get it at each peak. Separately.  Unless you are like that
press photog in Iraq, who combined a couple of shots.

Possibly Don did not want any comments.  I could live
with that, if he said so.

Jerry



Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:

> Naw, it's just keyboard turrets syndrome.
> Slobodan Dimitrov
>
> ----------
> >From: "Steve Unsworth" <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk>
> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> >Subject: RE: [Leica] Don's PAW 39 After
> >Date: Sun, Sep 28, 2003, 1:38 AM
> >
>
> > Tell me Jerry are you naturally offensive to strangers or is it
something
> > you've had lessons in? In my opinion this is a very good photograph
and
> > certainly not worthy of your 'What the fuck are you doing' attack.
The only
> > thing I would have done differently would have been to crop the
right hand
> > side to remove the people in the blue and yellow T-shirts. Other
than that
> > it's a very good shot of several people together and yet also
isolated from
> > each other.
> >
> > Well done Don.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jerry
Lehrer
> > Sent: 28 September 2003 03:28
> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Don's PAW 39 After
> >
> >
> > Don
> >
> > WTF are you doing?  You have 4 or 5 picture stories in that photo!
> >
> > Isolate and define!
> >
> > Jerry
> >
> > Don Dory wrote:
> >
> >> Last weekend my daughter's school and the next door Elementary
school
> >> hosted a fun run.  In memory of Steve I purposely picked a
complicated
> >> image for this week: many focal points, a lot going on just as
Steve
> >> always liked.
> >>
> >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1784244&size=lg
> >>
> >> Comments always welcome.
> >>
> >> Don
> >> dorysrus@mindspring.com
> >
> >
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