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Subject: [Leica] PESO: sharpness is a bourgeois concept
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 08:29:48 +1000
References: <86DEEB57-D31F-4687-888E-1F8830995113@frozenlight.eu>

I like this one and I recall the location. The content works well with the
procession of umbrellas pattern. I'm not surprised that the subject likes
it. Pretending for a moment that I am a skilled critic, is it a pleasing
photo because of the softness or despite it?
Two aspects on that softness are that if you meant to do it for atmosphere
you are creative and an artist. If not then you nearly got the shot ;-)
So you meant to shoot it just that way of course.

Cheers,
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman



On 7 November 2012 04:11, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> I have sometimes used the above phrase in jest, but there really is
> something to it.
>
> I took this picture in Barcelona last week. The story behind the picture
> is that our office was hosting the trademark offices from the US, Japan,
> China and Korea for an annual meeting of the so-called TM5 group. The first
> day of meetings, Tuesday, was followed by a walking tour of Barcelona?s old
> city and then dinner. As we were walking out of our hotel, it was slightly
> drizzly, so most people took umbrellas with them. Within 10 minutes the
> drizzle turned into a very serious downpour and any thoughts of looking at
> the old city were replaced by thought of shelter, any kind of shelter. In
> the end we made our way to La Boquer?a, a covered food market, from where
> we took taxis to the restaurant.
>
> Along the way, I photographed a small group of our visitors being led
> across Pla?a de Catalunya by Lynn, one of our employees:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/20121030-L1008298.jpg.html
>
> Lynn absolutely loves this picture, and so do others to whom she has shown
> it.  I am going to have it printed for her. Do I wish it were sharper? Of
> course! But I do not believe it is particularly "damaged" by not being
> sharp. It sort of adds to the ambience, I think--and so do lots of others,
> apparently.
>
> The lesson? Maybe none, but I think it is something along the lines of
> "just take the damn picture"!
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>
>
> YNWA
>
>
>
>
>
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