Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] I commend to your attention
From: "robmellor" <robmellor@onetel.net.uk>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 01:16:55 -0000
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They look good to me, kind of photos i am trying to take but then again i no
i have a lot to learn.

Regards Rob
Manchester
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Codispoti" <joecodi@charter.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 11:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] I commend to your attention


> In the first photo of 3 boys and two natives the light is far from uneven,
> it is masterful portrait lighting if only maybe by chance. On two of the
> boys, it is  perfect split broad lighting, on the boy on the left, a
perfect
> 45 degree lighting or Rembrandt.
>
> As colorful subjects are Leica's forte, the same can be said for all
brands.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 2:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] I commend to your attention
>
>
> > 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
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