Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Carl, I like the second one very much, and I don't think anyone could blame you for spotting out the telephone line in the foreground, which would clean it up and make it a far stronger image, IMO. Beautiful colour and light. R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 9:42 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Pultz PAW 8/26/02 > And as one who essentially shoots nothing but people, I would guess that the > absence of people is the very point of these shots: Every one but the first > is, after all, of what appears to be an abandoned spot. And the first is all > the more stark and bizarre for not having any people in it. > > B. D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Steve > LeHuray > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 3:19 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Pultz PAW 8/26/02 > > > Carl Pultz writes: > > > > A new set of snaps, a few days late, are posted here: > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~cpultz/PAW/PAW11.htm > > > > No theme to this group, except that they're all a bit strange. I'm > curious, > > as always, to know if you have any reaction to them. I'm reading a book > > about HCB right now (The Artless Art) and, besides receiving hard lessons > > from his photos, the text has me feeling very ignorant about aesthetics in > > general. > > Carl, certainly very good shots, but since you brought HCB into the > equation, I am struck by there not being a single person in any of the > photos. Having people in pictures like this can add a powerful element. > > sl > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html