RE: [Leica] TWO AMAZING PHOTOS

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Hey...First, my posting the note wasn't to get anyone to agree with me, just
to get them to look...:-)

Second, I think the combat one is, as you say, exquisite....To me it is easy
Pulitzer spot news contender...as you say, the idea that the photographer
could compose it and snap it at just the right instant - even if it was part
of a motorized sequence - under fire that way, is mind boggling...and though
I would prefer it in B&W, the color is pretty terrific...

As to the GORE photo...I think the composition is wonderful, the color is
quintessential Florida....Like the combat photo, it captures a
quintessential moment in our quadrennial political combat - the candidate
captured by "the folks.." If it was just a shot of Gore posing, I'd agree
with your take...but the shot o  the tourist taking the shot of the
candidate posing with tourists is just too perfect...as is the gut hanging
over the "photographers" bathing suit...The position of the beach chairs and
the way they, the photographer and the Gore group form a sort of
circle....it just all works for me....but, hey, this is what horse races and
photo contests are all about, right?;-)

B. D.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Paul
> Chefurka
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 10:15 AM
> To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
> Subject: RE: [Leica] TWO AMAZING PHOTOS
>
>
> I did go take a look when you mentioned them yesterday, but didn't respond
> till now for a couple of reasons.
>
> The main one is that I only half agree with you.  I think the Palestinian
> shot is fantastic.  A peak moment, perfectly captured.  It's exquisitely
> framed, and the ability of the photographer to see (and capture) that shot
> when he was under fire beggars the imagination.  The feeling of the event
> comes flooding though - the fear, the surprise, the confusion and the
> resolve - all there to see.
>
> The Bush shot?  Enh, it left me cold.  A nicely nicely composed
> snapshot of
> nothing at all.  Maybe I missed something.  What do you find so compelling
> about this picture, B.D. ?  I'm always willing to have my mind expanded by
> others' perceptions :-)
>
> Paul
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net]
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 9:27 AM
> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >Subject: RE: [Leica] TWO AMAZING PHOTOS
> >
> >
> >I find it absolutely astounding that my post yesterday about the two
> >incredible photos on page one of the NY Times drew a total of TWO
> >responses....Ting's post, and an off-list response from
> >another LUGer....
> >
> >My point here isn't to be "hurt" that my post was ignored, but
> >to find it
> >absolutely astounding that a post attempting to elicit a discussion of
> >current - as in TODAY's photography - gets essentially no
> >response, when
> >every other subject does....makes me wonder what people use all their
> >expensive Leica equipment for.....;-)
> >
> >B. D.
> >
>