Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Nathan, I agree, this one could have used more care. As I posted to some others it was a chore to shoot as the dragon is on a terraced hillside. Add to that, we were working against failing light and a schedule, and I guess I was rushing too much. This was the best of several exposures from various points. Thanks for your attention to the shot. Sonny - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:25 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] SonC's PAW week 1 > Hi Sonny, > > This is a nice environmental portrait, but I think you have a bit too much of > the environment included. The important parts are the man and the dragon, so > you could do without the patch of green lawn and especially the out-of-focus > flowers in the foreground. Particularly the one next to George's left leg keeps > attracting my eye away from his face and the dragon. > > Nathan > > Sonny Carter wrote: > > > Now that the dust from all the new PAW players has settled, (welcome) I've > > posted my first of the year shot. > > > > This is George Wolfe, a friend of mine who builds dragons. If you have > > been to some New Orleans Mardi Gras parades, you may have seen his work. > > > > This one is in his garden, overlooking a small Bayou in the historic > > district of Natchitoches. If you take a carriage ride through town, you'll > > pass it, and smile. > > > > http://www.sonc.com/paw2/george.htm > > > > Leica CL, 35mm Summicron, Fuji 800 xtra > > > > Regards, > > > > Sonny > > http://www.sonc.com > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > > e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > > Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2002.htm > General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > > > -- > 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