Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry, Paul - Typical tourist snaps of friends and of "exotic" - by white, Western, developed world standards - people in colorful "native" clothing...I really don't understand why these are the kind of pics Leicas take best - I'd say they're the kind of snaps that Olympus Epics usually take...;-) The exposures are uneven. The lighting in uneven. In some of the shots it looks like he was a good half-a-block too far from the subject. I'm sure his family and neighbors enjoyed the slide show when he got home. Maybe. :-) B. D. Okay, I've had a rough day. But everything I said is true.;-) Paul Chefurka wrote: > http://www.pbase.com/loonbay7/nepali_portraits&page=all > > I don't know who this gentleman is. I have no idea if these pictures were > taken with a Leica, but if they weren't they could have been. IMO they > exemplify the kind of pics Leicas are best at, and the kind of pictures > many Leica photographers aspire to - direct, friendly, engaged, > sympathetic. Aside from his penchant for taking head and shoulders > portraits with too short a lens... > > Paul > http://www.chefurka.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html