Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Hi Steve, > > I like the main pic, but I like the alternate better. The people are out of > focus, yes, but as you say the ketchup bottle on the counter is such an > ubiquitous feature of diners that it is entirely appropriate to focus on it. And > the people are still very recognizable. > > These two pictures remind me of my annual Thanksgiving trip to visit my family > in Florida during the 5 years we lived in New Jersey (1990-95). We drove the > 1100 miles, starting around 10-11 p.m. so as to pass the big cities > (Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond) during the night and avoid the > traffic. Breakfast was often ingested around 6 a.m. in a place just as you > depict, somewhere in one of the Carolinas. > > Nathan Nathan, Thanks for the comments. It seems that the consensus with my PAW so far is I can be counted on to pick the wrong picture. Looking back at my previous weeks I think I know why. Because I have spent my working career in advertising/publishing--designing ads and editorial pages I have always favored 'busyness' in those designs, I just like to see lots of things going on with my ads or edit pages. Busyness seems to grab the eye more than a lot of greyness on the printed page. So I think that possibly when I look at two pictures to decide which is better, I go for the busy looking one. And looking back at many of my photos I can see that busy look. Just a thought, someday I will tell you about my theory on the 'creative use of white space' and how it applies to photography. sl > > Steve LeHuray wrote: > >> SonC's Diner pictures prompted me use this Truck Stop photo. Diners have >> been a great American institution (particularly in the North East) but truck >> stops are all over the entire continent and are almost like small villages >> in some cases. If you live in a desolate rural area and need interesting >> photos, guaranteed you will find them at the truck stop on the Interstate. >> Some of the most interesting characters you will ever meet are truck >> drivers, over the years I have met several PHD's who gave up all those years >> of education for the romance of the open road, including my own father who >> gave up a successful career as a CPA because he heard the call of the road. >> >> I took this main PAW picture last week at a Pennsylvania truck stop while >> driving to Ted's workshop in Maine. On the alternate, yes I know the people >> are out of focus, instead my camera was focused on the ketchup bottle which >> you will find on every diner and truck stop counter in the world: >> >> http://www.streetphoto.net/paw44.html >> >> To see the complete PAW: http://www.streetphoto.net/ >> >> All comments are welcome. >> >> sl >> -- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html