Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 09:26 PM 3/21/2006 -0500, you wrote: >Lee - I've never understood the appeal of peeling paint, but I do like the >pixel-peepers and many of the others. Dancing in Buenas Aires is >attention getting but I must say I find the two figures nearest the camera >a bit in the way and a distraction. In the gauchos the I think the >central figure is really the picture - his self confident gaze is >mesmerizing - and if it were my picture I'd be tempted to crop the photo >just to the left of the horse's head and a bit to the right of the saddle. > >Hope you find this helpful. Thanks for the look. > >Dick >Boston MA Dick, Thanks for the comments. I shall try the crop. I wish I had made several shots of the gauchos. It was impossible to get too close to the dancers as the crowd pressed in. The second peeling paint shot was more for its message than perhaps its esthetic, although even that appealed to me. I guess that I am a little weird. Lee