Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Quoting Chandos Michael Brown <cmbrow@wm.edu>: > I take Ted's instructive point below, but I think that the photo > nonetheless 'works' as a diner shot. The Marine's less the focal point > > than he might (should?) be, but I rather like the craned-neck look of > the > guy in the foreground. There's a sort of closeness to the thing that I > > find appealing. Nice work! > > CHandos > I'll second that.....Great photo...makes me want to go to Waffle House today.....and yes, I agree with Ted's points, it could tell more of a story, but I still really enjoy the picture. It communicates well to anyone who frequents such establishments (!!!)...although it is not a "universal" photo...especially, it probably wouldn't cross cultural barriers well... I feel this photo, because I'm a "diner" junkie, and yes, I'm in the "home" of Waffle Houses....as well as a few (dwindling) independently owned diners...unfortunately we don't have any of those in Denton, Tx..... I concur with previous posts--the "real" diner is the LAST escape from political correctness....we have PC shoved down our throats at work, at school, in the media, etc...the "diner" is the last bastion of the 50s, where the word "waitress" won't get you slapped around or fired....I love the vinyl seats liberally repaired with duct tape, the cheap chipped plastic ashtrays on the tables, NOTHING on the menu that WON'T kill you, where asking for "drinking" water (in a bottle) will get you blank stares, where they have ONE kind of coffee...strong...and refills are free... As long as attendance is by choice, why SHOULDN't we have these escapes?... Maybe by the time I retire I'll buy one....of course, by then they'll probably be "membership" only...and require a picture ID proving that you're over 50 to enter...we don't want to pollute the young with "unmodified history" of the way it "used" to be... that'd probably be considered child abuse in the P.C. United States.... Walt > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html