Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry Tina, I had understood the photos had been brought there for a contest and hadn't realized they were shot on location, hence my questionning. Thanks for sharing it all, photos, atmosphere of the day, and comments. Best from foggy Metz Phx Tina Manley wrote: > At 03:52 PM 10/23/2008, you wrote: > >> Hi Tina, >> >> Your post raises a few questions : >> >> 1) Was there a compulsory theme or combo? > > > > Hi, Philippe - > > No theme this year. Just - go out and take pictures. We did have a > speaker who specializes in photos of the Rock quarry here. He's a > very successful gallery artist and took us all on a tour of the > quarry. We were not obligated to take photos there but most did just > for fun and the experience. > > >> What I see on the LUG surprises me as >> a) they're not the type of photos you usually show, >> b) the gear is not the best you have in stock to use for this kind of >> takes. > > > Rockport isn't somewhere I'd go to take the kind of photos I usually > show. I'm here to give a lecture and goofing off the rest of the time > ;-) After giving my lecture, I'm on vacation and I wanted to play > with the Visoflex. I borrowed the 90 Macro from Leica and tested it > out against the Visoflex. In almost every case, I preferred using the > Visoflex. > > >> 2) Did you deliberately go "astray" from your style ? > > > No - just playing around. I never thought I would like photographing > rocks, but it was very interesting. You learn something new every day! > >> I hope this somewhat harsh post won't hurt you. It is not meant to. I >> am simply wondering why. >> >> In any case I hope you enjoyed the seminar and I really wish you >> developed in this direction i.e. art and personal sensibilty to other >> topics than human beings too for you've proved here that your bow has >> more than just one string. >> >> Amiti?s >> Philippe > > > Thanks, Philippe. No, I didn't think you were harsh at all. I > appreciate any and all comments. Ted liked a couple of mine but he's > not into "rock and fern" photos as he calls them. He liked the > blowing leaves best of mine. He felt the vines were cropped too much, > the morning glory wasn't cropped enough, the berries he didn't have > any criticism of, the sumac leaves he didn't like because he preferred > the ones showing motion. The ones that won were 1. a wave crashing on > rocks with a lighthouse in the background 2. The rock quarry (don't > really understand why that one won) 3. I think, another seascape with > waves crashing (but I don't remember for sure). > > Thanks! > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >