Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/28
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Graham,
I don't think this shot is bland, and it seems to me that it does make a
statement; the vastness of the sky and fields, and the diminuative house in the
shot speaks to me about our small place in the world. I think this shot might
benefit from a foreground element, but I enjoyed the shot nonetheless. Just my
humble opinion.
Regards,
Michael Gerard
geeman1066@earthlink.net
geebeespaw wrote:
> Hi Rob,
> Thanks for checking out my pics. It's tempting to say I was in pursuit of
> bland and to claim that I successfully achieved my goal but I can't imagine
> anyone deliberately setting bland as a standard to attain. Not in my
> understanding of the word bland anyway. I know from your photographs and
> posts to the LUG that you are a person who obviously knows what you are
> talking about. To be found bland by someone I respect is obviously
> disappointing for me but I do not know how to inject the ingredients that
> you find lacking. The difference between professional and amateur I guess.
> I'll keep trying and thanks for looking.
> --Graham
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Appleby" <rob@robertappleby.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: 28 August 2002 09:52
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Where I live, how I live
>
> > Hi Graham, I've just been looking over your landscapes. Very nice
> > photographs. But... ;-) I sense a lack - a lack of mood or intention.
> > Usually I'm not very for the photographer intruding into the picture too
> > much, but I think landscape is a genre which does require the photographer
> > to make a statement about the countryside (in this case). I wonder whether
> > this is a choice on your part, to present these pictures (which are
> > compositionally very well realised) so blandly?
> > R.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "geebeespaw" <geebeespaw@btopenworld.com>
> > To: "LUG" <Leica-Users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 10:07 AM
> > Subject: [Leica] Where I live, how I live
> >
> >
> > > Without the LUG fuelled drive to get the next photograph I would not
> have
> > > purchased 'Village Walks in Northamptonshire' and most of the places on
> my
> > > site would have remained unknown to me. So the Lug in encouraging me to
> > > shoot PAWs where I live has inadvertently changed how I live. That will
> be
> > > viewed by some as a saccharine comment but true nonetheless.
> > >
> > > http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/gal4_10.html
> > >
> > > Graham
> > > http://geebeephoto.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
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