Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tom Finnegan wrote: > > You can see how you did - pretty poorly for someone with such strong > opinions about how given photographs should be taken and what would make > them better. > > Now I know I it's bush of me to get annoyed at the kind of "constructive > criticism" you've so freely provided. And I know that when I post photos > I ask for feed back. So you are, of course, entitled to your opinions of > the photos. BUT - Given your admission of having very little > photographic experience, I'd suggest throwing away the books and the art > 101 course and getting out and spending 15 hours with a family, or 17 > hours in a labor/delivery room, or attempting to take photos at a > funeral without outraging those whose loved one has died, and then look > at your photos and see if they are shot "correctly" by the standards you > set here. > > B. D. > ************************** > > So..... what exactly are you trying to say here? Does this mean I don't win > the prize? Damn! And I thought for sure that if I was the only one who > entered I'd at least have a chance. ;-) > > Tom Finnegan > Seattle A number have entered - and I don't know yet who wins the prize. In the matter of guessing lenses, you have actually done better than many - although I have been surprised that someone with such strong opinions about, and knowledge of, perspective, framing, etc., could be so dead wrong so often about the focal length used to shoot a given image.. ;-) But in any case, if you win, you get the prize. B. D.