Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don, I mean NO disrespect by what I'm about to write; I'm simply reacting to an excellent posted image... I'm a bit disturbed by the shot. I really like the shot - I like the expression, I like the tonality - very Avedonesque - and I like the motion. HOWEVER - I'm willing to put money on the fact that your daughter is a very attractive young lady, but this photo makes her look quite grotesque. What this most reminds me of is the Diane Arbus - Here we go! - photo of the little boy with the grenade. Look at that photo and you see a VERY weird kid; look at the contact sheet and you see a very normal looking little boy, playing with a toy grenade. In fact, when you look at the contact sheet you see that there is a better photograph on it - beautifully composed, interesting expression on the kid, interesting forms. Yet she selected the one photograph that shows him as a grotesque. I KNOW that Don didn't do that, because I electronically "know" Don. But someone looking at that photo independently of explanations and qualifications might really wonder. No? B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@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