Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh yeah. In b and w it's a cat. In color it's reflections, window, chair, curtain and a cat. Less is more in this case, says I. bill h ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:12 PM Subject: [Leica] B. D. PAW > Oh, posting a new photo every week is just so pass?...:-) So I've added > a black and white version of last week's better shot. So color? Or black > and white? > http://gallery.leica-users.org/B-D-COLEN-PAW/Kit1_bw > > Fire away... > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Jim Hemenway > Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 2:08 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Iraq occupation protest - Chicago 3/19/05 > > > Dave: > > There's several good portraits there, I like 028, 034 and 283 the > most... except for the third face w/o a nose in the background. > > Jim > > David Mason wrote: > >> [sorry, long paragraph to get to me sharing some photos] >> >> I was in Chicago briefly this weekend and took the opportunity to >> wander over to the protest against American presence in Iraq. For you >> neo-con-death-cult-members you will be happy to hear that the turn-out > >> was about 200 or 300 people to about 2000 police officers. For what >> its worth, I think protests are a waste of time as they are so >> overplayed and tend to evolve into unfocussed bitching about some >> supposed 'enemy' . However, we all know they can present interesting >> photo practice as well. As I was thinking about how I don't like >> protests I was also thinking about how I generally don't like protest >> photos as they tend to be just like those photos that are termed >> "street photography" but are really just blurred shots of people >> moving. So in my attendence to this event I decided that I would try >> to ask permission to take people's photographs as much as possible >> (unless I saw something great that needed a quick shot). Most of these > >> shots are taken with the permission of the subjects and I was >> interested in how some of them look candid despite that. My attempt, >> which I think I only scratched the surface of, was to show the variety > >> of good people who do oppose the actions their government has taken. I > >> was less interested in the people yelling at the cops although I did >> grab one or two of them too. >> >> http://dmason.net/protest/ >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information