Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>http://shop.xootr.com/xootr/xootrwatch.asp? > >I found this photo quite interesting >enough to suggest you comment on it. > >It seems to me that it comes through with an uncommon freshness >and exemplifies the notion of "street photography" percolating to the >world of advertising / marketing youth oriented products. nah, you just don't read enough skate magazines. it's just a rectilinear fisheye or adapter (can't really tell on the low res scan) which makes it look more interesting than it actually is. pick up a copy of "thrasher" next time you're at the barns n' ignoble. the in-your-face-with-a-fisheye is a staple of skate-coture. here's a much better example from the current issue: http://www.thrashermagazine.com/images/content/c950.jpg k "have skate, will break wrist" c