Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 3/18/01 4:53 PM, Nathan Wajsman at wajsman@webshuttle.ch wrote: > "Oppenheimer Park" is a nice composition, especially well appreciated when I > went to the Large view. The only quibble is that the person does not appear to > be completely sharp. But over "unsharp masked" in photoshop? Is that a telltale "halo" on the woman's leg at the left of the picture? > The "Sunrise Market" reminds me of some of Winogrand's photos, and I do not > mean it as a compliment. I think that the tilt does not add anything to the > composition, and the fact that you cannot see the subject's face removes the > main point of interest from the photo. I _like_ the Winogrand tilt, but found that the cut-off legs disturbed the composition. Also just my opinion. Gilbert > Lee Bacchus wrote: > >> Egads! Another week-end, another PAW to dispense. In this case, two more >> shots (http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=52810) >> from the series I'm doing for an inner-city service group. They're part of >> an upcoming exhibition on Vancouver's troubled Downtown Eastside >> neighborhood. I'm not that happy with the exposure in either, but for me >> they fit my notion of showing imagery from the area that is neither >> stereotypically gloomy nor blissfully ignorant of the neighborhood's >> oppressive atmosphere. Comments welcome.