Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Steve LeHuray wrote: >>>> Crowded like sardines in a can is what I always feel like at a baseball >> game. Again I am not sure P picked the best photo for the main or the >> alternate would be better. Anyway it takes a moment to look at the main >> photo to see why I picked this one. >> >> http://www.streetphoto.net/paw21.html<<<<<< > > Hi Steve, > Interesting photo, however, as sardine packed as it appears and you feel, > you've allowed the "packed in effect" escape through the "openings upper > right corner and bottom right of frame!" > > In other words, if it were possible see an unending mass of people edge to > edge 360, it would appear to be an endless mass. Then the "packed in like > sardines" effect would be limitless. I agree with that. As it was I took both of these with a 50, to get that effect I would have needed the 90, which I did not have with me. > > The only other reason I could see why you picked this frame was the lady who > appears to be looking at you and the kid with the binoculars. right? Right! But when I selected this I was thinking more about the kid and his binoculars than the lady looking at me. And I wish you a GREAT Birthday. sl > > The alternate doesn't do a thing even though the guys are close to you it > doesn't have the same packed feeling as the PAW with it's open escaping > corners. > ted > Ted Grant Photography Limited > www.islandnet.com/~tedgrant >