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Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW - Week 3 - SlideOne
From: Andrew Schroter <schroter@optonline.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 21:19:36 -0800
References: <B8721573.8DD2%John@SlideOne.com>

To me, you shot her from too far away.  Get closer!
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From: "John Straus" <John@SlideOne.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 4:59 PM
Subject: [Leica] PAW - Week 3 - SlideOne


> Week 3 here and gone getting around to posting a bit late.
>
> http://slideone.com/PAWimages/week03.02.html
> Self Crit: I like the snow blur and the salt patterns on the pavement. The
> woman is caught at the right time in front of the tall brick section
> avoiding her head from getting lost in the BG. I wish she was running the
> other direction to get a little more profile of the face and fighting
> against the snow... Overall an ok shot maybe a 6/10...maybe not...
>
> http://slideone.com/PAWimages/week03alt.02.html
> Self Crit: I like the loneliness of the shot & the crossing of the swings.
> The big detraction is the two footprints in the snow. Using a slower
shutter
> speed and having the swings blurred would help a lot too...
>
> Feel free to trash the shots, always looking for good reasons why they
don't
> work!
>
> I give Self Crits and ratings to write down what I feel, not to boost ego
or
> the shots. As many have said the photographer can be attached to the shots
> for the wrong reasons and their objectivity can be off. This gives me a
way
> to see how far off I am in judging my own photos. Sometimes I'm on the
mark
> sometimes I'm WAY off. I often look at stuff I've made prints of months or
> years later, all I can say to myself is 'What were you thinking??!!'
>
> A few new (new as in posted not recently shot) shots posted on the main
site
> as well take a look if you want...
> --
> John
> Chicago, IL
> http://SlideOne.com
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