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Subject: [Leica] Peter provokes contentious controversy
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Thu May 5 06:00:03 2005
References: <53.26f6ca2e.2faa707b@aol.com>

I live near the Nat Zoo, and shoot there from time to time. Like
in this photo, I try to get nice compositions featuring both the
animals and the visitors in the same pic.  This pic certainly scores
very high points in that regard - lovely!

Scott

SonC@aol.com wrote:

> 
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>What he said. ;-)
> 
>
>Regards, 
>Sonny
>http://www.sonc.com
>
>In a message dated 5/4/2005 1:22:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
>pklein@2alpha.net writes:
>
>Since no  one commented on a photo that I thought might provoke some
>discussion, let  me try  again:
>
>http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/currentpics/06PeacockCouple.htm
>
>-  Who the hell does Peter think he is?  Diane Arbus?  Kyle  Cassidy?
>
>- Did he get permission to take this picture from the subject,  the Zoo
>Director, the Mayor, the Police Commissioner, the Department of  Homeland
>Security, and the Committee for the Correct Treatment of Human  Subjects
>by Exploitive Wannabe Concerned Photographers?
>
>- What's he  doing at the zoo, anyway?  Man, that's *so* bourgeois.
>
>- This  photo would have been *so* much better if taken with a black
>paint  Flommolux instead of a chrome DR Summicron mismatched to a black
>chrome  M6TTL.
>
>- The bokeh ruins the shot.  Sorry.
>
>-  Incredible!  Pulitzer Prize!  Family of Man!  Thirteenth  honorable
>mention in Parade Magazine's annual "Gushy Family Values"  snapshot
>competition!
>
>- Peter *who*?
>
>Your comments  welcome.
>
>--Peter
>
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>c
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