Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Hello everyone > >Thanks for the Constructive critic on the week 2 shot !!!!!! > >I was trying to be a bit ARTY !!! on the focus bit, trying to convey >the importance of my daughters teddy bear to her, thus given the >bear the spotlight . > >Background to week 3 > >Leica M6TTL 35 ASHP film TMAX 400 > >This shot was taken a 100m from the spot the police opened fire on >the demonstrators attending the EU summit with Mr bush, in the >summer here in Gothenburg. > >The police were very tense after this, and stopped anybody who look >remotely like an activist, in this case it was a local dad out with >his daughter (word had got out that the militant activists were >going to take revenge for the shooting of the 3 demonstrators) you >could feel the tension over the whole city. > >I know most of you are going to say their too much going on in the shot, Wrong for me, as far as I can see, you have cropped in on the action well, and made a very strong image and story. You could have excluded the additional photographers, and this may have been a more dramatic scene, but the inclusion tells more of a story. For me 9/10 ;-) keep them coming and consider joining us in FOM2 as well. Cheers - -- Alastair Firkin http://www.afirkin.com The Family of Man 2 Exhibit for Year one is now showing: http://users.netconnect.com.au/~firkin/FOM2%20Folder/YearOneExhibit/YearOne.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html