Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>I agree with a couple others that this weeks picture could stand on its own >>with no caption. The picture itself, for me, captures the isolation and >>dependence that a child must feel. It tells a story, and I like that. Keep >>it up. >> >>sl > Most of my replies to postings of photos have been in a different vein > than a criticism of composition, or exposure. I feel those things are > pretty straight forward. Not easy to do always! But generally > recognizable. > > What I do usually comment on is more in line with Steve's remarks above, > the emotional content of the picture. Does it evoke a feeling? Raise a > question? Provoke me to supply an answer to the question? > > These subjective things are important to a successful photo as much as > the somewhat more objective mechanical things. > Put it all together and you have something! > > Henry > BINGO!! Henry this is what I have been trying to do for years, once in a while I succeed. You have summed it all up for me. sl