Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Nov 6, 2012, at 10:11 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I have sometimes used the above phrase in jest, but there really is > something to it. > > I took this picture in Barcelona last week. The story behind the picture > is that our office was hosting the trademark offices from the US, Japan, > China and Korea for an annual meeting of the so-called TM5 group. The > first day of meetings, Tuesday, was followed by a walking tour of > Barcelona?s old city and then dinner. As we were walking out of our hotel, > it was slightly drizzly, so most people took umbrellas with them. Within > 10 minutes the drizzle turned into a very serious downpour and any > thoughts of looking at the old city were replaced by thought of shelter, > any kind of shelter. In the end we made our way to La Boquer?a, a covered > food market, from where we took taxis to the restaurant. > > Along the way, I photographed a small group of our visitors being led > across Pla?a de Catalunya by Lynn, one of our employees: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/20121030-L1008298.jpg.html > > Lynn absolutely loves this picture, and so do others to whom she has shown > it. I am going to have it printed for her. Do I wish it were sharper? Of > course! But I do not believe it is particularly "damaged" by not being > sharp. It sort of adds to the ambience, I think--and so do lots of others, > apparently. > > The lesson? Maybe none, but I think it is something along the lines of > "just take the damn picture"! totally agree Nathan....the photo says dreary, and the sl oof plus the rain, umbrellas all say dreary.... sharp focus would work against dreary, jsut like the relative darkness adds to dreary, so no sharpness may be preferred, and rel > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information