Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 1, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > George I follow how these fit in your context. > For me the large group shot better conveys the protesters' views (and more > importantly indicates the amount of support) than the single protester with > placard (1st shot) > That one really just serves to repeat the placard slogan, without much > intensity added by the people as shown (unless the people are local > noteables?). > Second is an excellent detail shot and fully in the mood of the large group > shot too. > I get the third, in your context. > I agree with Bob on the last. The softness detracts greatly. If you start > out with I know this is soft but..., it is a near miss to be culled. > Have you made a conscious decision not to caption each shot? For these you > could add value with careful captioning, I think. Thank you Geoff. I agree with every point. Re: Captions: The breaking news here, along with trying to actual work done, is taking up a lot of my time. At this moment protesters are locked out in preparation for our Governor's address at 4pm. A judge has issued a court order saying he can't do that. The sheriff has openly declared that he and his men are not the Gov's palace guard. I hope to tidy up the blog post as time allows. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist