Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted, Thanks for looking. As the PAW series is not journalism, I think that explanations are appropriate; what would we think of Kyle's work if we didn't know Kyle and a small body of his work? Whatever the ultimate outcome of the college experience, capturing the spirit of the evening and holding for the future years is what is important. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Ted Grant Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 9:15 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Don's PAW Don Dory showed his excited daughter dancing: Subject: [Leica] Don's PAW >>>>> Thursday night two of her acceptable schools called with acceptance >>>>> and > one a large merit scholarship: I was lucky enough to capture her dancing > through the house in a tiara and a pink feather boa: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/album143/maryaccepted<<<<<<<<<< Hi Don, Excited she is! :-) Where some may bemoan "not Leica sharp" pay them no heed as this says it all about her excitement. The slow shutter speed allows a touch of "blur action" in capturing her exciting moment. I class this as a keeper simply because it relates beautifully to her enthusiasm of the news. By the same token it's necessary your viewers know what happened to create the dance! ;-) Otherwise they may think "you don't know how to take sharp pictures." ;-) But enthusiasm? Hey that's an obvious! :-) Good on you. ted > This is the time of year in the U.S. when seniors who have applied to > highly selective schools are pretty nervous. In the school counseling > process they are told about Andover students who had great grades and > test scores who are not admitted to any universities. When these young > adults tour the campuses all the admissions people talk about the > importance of taking the toughest classes as well as social activity, > the fact that they receive ten to twenty applications for every spot > available. > > Toward the end of February, my daughter was bemoaning the fact that she > had not started an orphanage for tsunami victims in our back yard. Every > day that one of her friends crowed about being accepted at another > school was both a good day and a very bad day: as a parent I could not > tell her that the only admission worth being excited about was her > friend's acceptance to Yale, the others were mid tier schools hoping to > get lucky. > > > Comments always welcome. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information