Re: [Leica] PAW 38 sl

["Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>]

> Steve,
> I do agree with you re. the LACK of eye contact. Generally, not always, it
> seems to indicate complicity on behalf of
> the subject. O.K. if that's what one wants, But I believe, and it seems you
> may too, that genuine candid/street pics
> look more real when the subject does not appear to be aware of and
> 'performs' for the camera.
> I feel a rumble in the tribe already, but that is just my P.O.V.
> I am not a dedicated streetshooter, but I feel now that I have flagged an
> opinion on which I am not an expert, I
> should back my view up with a pic or two. Maybe I will set that as my next
PAW!
> BTW I don't mind the part person on the extreme LHS. It sort of rediects
> the image back into itself which otherwise
> would have pointed out of frame.
> Cheers all,
> JohnA
>
> John Amiet
> Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
> Email.  jeapic@operamail.com
>
>
Thanks John. Street photography is so varied and subjective I think there is
no right or wrong. The really good stuff will jump out and bonk you over the
head--someday, with luck, I may get one of those bonk pictures.

sl
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