Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 1/15/02 9:09 AM, B. D. Colen at bdcolen@earthlink.net wrote: >> The youngster shot feels caught at an odd moment even though the light may >> be right... >> ditto from me. The test for me is would he like to be remembered that way >> ;-) > I couldn't disagree more with the comments on the second shot. This is a > wonderful photograph, catching a child being a child. This is what candid > photography is all about - capturing the moments that most of us see, but > don't see, and rarely freeze on film. If you want a shot of the child > cleaned up, smiling for gramps, take him to Sears!;-) I guess I'm not a fan of mouth open while eating shots on anyone. Change the child being a child to an adult being an adult would you still think it was good? It shouldn't only work because it's a child should it? If the mouth was mostly closed I may have a different opinion. And no one said they wanted a cleaned up smiling Sears shot...? Do you have nightmares about that from when you were young ;) - -- John Chicago, IL http://SlideOne.com ==================== - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html