Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I really like the composition. The strong elements at the top of the frame and the moving world below. It may not be a strong image of the central character, but her "tight" feeling does seem "nervous". HFC and ETHO. Cheers On Monday, Jul 21, 2003, at 05:23 Australia/Melbourne, Dante Stella wrote: > > Ted, as you probably surmised, the girl is just a supporting > compositional > element, not the subject. Anytime I take people shots, they usually > suck > up at least 2/3 of the frame. Looking at the print I have here, I can > pretty confidently say that she wouldn't have been the subject on the > best > of days... > > There is kind of a weird story behind this; I was waiting on some > friends > who were late (they actually arrived during the exposure), and I was > watching this massive space. I was idly seeing if I could take the > shot > and noticed four people coming up the side aisles at the same time. > So I > took it. It was a 1 second exposure propped on some fixture that was > sticking up out of the ground. This whole thing came out of boredom > and a > need to be distracted from the New Tate's nosebleeding 0% humidity that > day. > > The fact that she was in a state of nervous paralysis may have just > been > lucky. > > > Dante > > On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Ted Grant wrote: > >> Dante Stella >> Subject: DAS Week 17 >>> Third in a row... sit this one out. >>>> Nervous in the New Tate >>>> http://www.dantestella.com/photo.html >>>> How does it look?<<<< >> >> Dante, >> Sorry mate I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be lookig at here? The >> girl in >> the middle not moving whom you may have posed or you got lucky >> catching her >> because she stopped to look at something. >> >> What I do like is the "motion capture" of the others because >> essentially >> it's a photo of movement. And if that's what you were illustrating >> then >> disregard all below. >> >> If it's the gal? Read on! >> >> But considering your previous excellent picture offerings, do you >> really >> consider this to be one of your all-time best of ten photographs? >> And if >> not, why is it here mon ami as it just pulls your previous >> photographs down. >> Now that's my opinion, however others will speak more eloquently. ;-) >> >> However, if it's the motion capture it's not a bad shot. :-) >> >> Sorry you know me when you ask. :-) >> ted >> >> >> -- >> 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 > > Alastair - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html