Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] SonC's P.A.W 42
From: "SonC (Sonny Carter)" <sonc@sonc.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:15:24 -0500
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From: "B. D. Colen"
> Sonny - REALLY nice informal portrait (and I mean that entirely
> sincerely) ...but unless its seen as part of a photo essay of some
sort,
> it lacks the context for the viewer to know what you say it is.....
>
> B. D.

B.D.,

 Yeah, I would have liked for some football players to have been
behind him in a pleasant bokeh-fog, but alas . . .

I had watched the guy for several minutes because of the character of
his face, and extremely expressive looks.  I never could get  a clear
shot of him, (he was five rows in front of my seat,) until that
touchdown, when he stood and turned to talk to someone behind him.
While I was waiting, I considered a wider shot, but the football field
was so reflective a backlight that I was afraid I could not pull off a
proper skin exposure, so I opted for the tighter shot.

One reason I always try to caption my pictures is to put them into
context.  Sometimes they don't need it, but I see other people's PAWs
sometimes leave me wanting so more information, so I always try to put
some words there to bring the context into as much focus as I can.

Thanks again,
>
> "SonC (Sonny Carter)" wrote:
> >
> > This week, it was back to the American football field.
Northwestern
> > State University of Louisiana was playing Nichols State.  I
noticed
> > this guy was not too happy with the way the game was going as the
> > opposing team scored two touchdowns in the first quarter.
> >
> > Then, We scored, and it turns out his son had a big part in the
play.
> > Here's his reaction, making it my Picture A Week Selection.
> > http://www.sonc.com/paw/father.htm
> >
> > My PAW Index can be found at http://www.sonc.com
> >
> > Comments are welcome.
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > Sonny
> > http://www.sonc.com
> >
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In reply to: Message from "SonC (Sonny Carter)" <sonc@sonc.com> ([Leica] SonC's P.A.W 42)
Message from "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> (Re: [Leica] SonC's P.A.W 42)