Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. - Got it. Thanks. >Not at all, Dick. I am not big on titles and captions, unless we're talking >about a major project in which you need to give the viewer some sense of >what you're trying to accomplish. But those photos, particularly the wide >shots, say "isolation," "winter," "cold," "abandonment," "lonely," etc. etc. >I was judging them as photos, not as photos of winter. However, knowing that >you were going for winter in the earlier group, I had to say that these >accomplish what I didn't see the other's accomplishing. But I just plain >like them. :-) > >B. D. > > >On 3/8/06 1:34 PM, "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: > >> B.D. - Thanks. Critical comment comes many different directions >> here. I have the impression that your enthusiasm for these (and I am >> delighted to hear it) comes from their adherence to the stated theme, >> "Cape Cod in Winter." Am I right on that? >> >> Would you have thought differently of at least some the others if I >> had titled the set differently, say, "The Solitary Cape," for example? >> >> Dick >> >>> This batch, Richard, is truly wonderful - particularly the first and >>> third. >>> All three of them simply scream "winter on the Cape!" And while I liked >>> one >>> of the shots in that earlier batch - the one where I said I liked >>>the crop - >>> they didn't say "winter" the way these two; the sky, the clouds, the >>> isolation, the boarded windows - really terrific. >>> >>> B. D. >>> >>> >>> On 3/7/06 10:05 PM, "Richard S. Taylor" <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for looking and commenting John. >>>> >>>>> The Truro photos are timeless. >>>>> >>>>> John >>>>> >>>>> On 3/7/06, Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>> >>>> (snip) >>>> >>>>>> In any case, here's three more from this series. These were taken >>>>>> in >>>>>> Truro, on the inside of the "forearm" of the Cape just short of >>>>>> Provincetown, on the same freezing cold, windy day the others were >>>>>> taken. There was a solid 25 knots of breeze coming ashore on the >>>>>> beach, the temperature was about 20 F and I can't work a camera >>>>>> with > >>>>> gloves on.... > >>>>> > >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/CAPE_COD/4_31A_0167_web > >>>>> > >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/CAPE_COD/4_26A_0162_web >>>>>> >>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/CAPE_COD/4_34A_0170_web >>>>>> >>>>>> Enjoy. Comments welcome as always. Enough. Something different >>>>>> later this week, I think. >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Dick >>>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information