Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/30

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 16 - Zurich's ritual end of winter
From: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 21:40:23 +0200
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Hi Michael,

Thanks for taking the time to look and comment. You are right that the
images could be cropped some more. I tend to be rather puritan and crop as
little as possible, but this time I must admit that I was simply in a
hurry.

The Böögg is one of those special strange Swiss words which cannot be
translated. I do not believe it is used in any other context than this
particular event.

Kind regards,
Nathan

Michael Gerard wrote:

> Nathan,
>     What an interesting festival.  I
> particularly like the name of the snowman--the
> Boogg.  How does one pronounce it?  What does
> the word mean?
>     I think that the main and the first and
> second alternates all could use some cropping.
> It seems to me that the Boogg should occupy a
> more significant place in the photo.  Might you
> be able to cut the tree on the right?  There's a
> nice break in the crowd there as well.  In your
> first alternate shot, I think that the kids and
> the lightpole could be most all of the picture.
> In the second alternate, I think you could cut
> the distracting scaffolding in the upper right
> corner of the photo.
>     Of the face shots, I like the fourth and
> fifth alternates.  The break in the crowd forms
> a nice diagonal in the former, and the halo of
> light around the sausage seller's head is nice
> in the fifth alternate.  However, the sign on
> his stand really breaks the fifth picture into
> two halves in a way that is disconcerting to
> me.  I couldn't figure out to crop to put the
> picture in better balance.
>     Thanks for sharing the details of this
> festival with us.  I think it is a great idea.
> Growing up as a New Englander, I think that all
> northern climes should have such a festival
> Regards,
> Michael Gerard
> geeman1066@earthlink.net
>
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