Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter Klein wrote: >Farm animals are perfectly legitimate subjects. They can be funnier than people, and you don't need a model release.> Okay, Peter, I'm happy they are legit. It's just that 'cute' isn't supposed to be "kool" for a certain photo-practitioner self-image. Admit I'm an old softy? Angst, and it's bastard son irony, is the kool and significant mode. If not those things, grotesque. I got a heap of each, and in today's pre-apocalyptic world, it's gotta come out. And your shot is a bit grotesque, and I mean that in the most Kool way. And cute, and it made me and Micky laugh, so thank you very much and no angst required. >"spacefaring people returning to Earth after many generations, only to find that humans were extinct, self-repairing machines had evolved to consciousness, and an entire ecology had developed around them. It involved hunter-gatherer activities for spare parts and electrical power, and even reproduction!"> Yeah! What a great definition of where IMF and IBM might take us. Anyway, thanks again. I missed the local county fair, but the NY State Fair is at the end of the month, down the road in Syracuse, and they've got beasts by the thousands. I hope to provide a full report at that time. Hmm, what film for barn lighting . . . ? CP - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html