Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/18

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Dehumanizing portraits?
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams)
Date: Sun Jan 18 20:16:24 2009
References: <30db39f20901181719m3f2271acweddd3c8286bfca3b@mail.gmail.com> <20090119021312.GA6797@panix.com>
 
I prefer this photo myself.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/01/18/sports/AP-FBN-AFC-Championship.html

Chris
NOLA go Steelers!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rei Shinozuka"
Subject: Re: [Leica] Dehumanizing portraits?


> both of the putins are good or great.
>
> the wide angles are sometimes effective, GHW bush is nice, and the kerry
> picture works nicely with that diagonal on the bottom.
>
> but the obama portrait is not flattering, the wider lens
> makes the nose more prominent (though the ears do recede).
> maybe it was intended to imply lincoln, who had large features.
> generally speaking, getting too close to your subject is not
> flattering, which is why us provincial fuddy duddies grab
> something near 2x"normal" focal length for head shots.
In reply to: Message from rbaron at concentric.net (Robert D. Baron) ([Leica] Dehumanizing portraits?)
Message from shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka) ([Leica] Dehumanizing portraits?)