Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW wk38/sl
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 10:38:05 -0400

>> > Yes, certainly. i would say that for me this man at right is distracting -
>> > grabs my eye away from her face. But it's just a MHO.. :)
>>
>> Thanks for the comment Dizel. I seem to get this kind of comment quite a bit
>> -- "...is distracting." Maybe it is just me, (because I took the picture?),
>> but I find that the lady just jumps out at you from the picture.
>
> Yes :) The problem is that he is looking at me (at camera) and it is hard
> to ignore him - at lesat for me. Please make a following experiment:
> put your hand on this photo and cover _whole_ left side. Now
> you have a perfect, closed story :)

Of course that is possible. What you are talking about is to crop out the
guy on the right, when you do that you have to crop the other two guys in
the background and all of a sudden you now have a *portrait*. Which is not
what I do. Everybody is entitled to their opinion, some will like this
picture and some will not.

sl

>
>> Anyway, let me say it once again, my photography deliberately has
>> "distractions". Generally one of my photos will have the main element (the
>> lady) the secondary elements (the three men in the picture) and (the Green
>> Party button and the George Bush picture). This all contributes to my style
>> of "business" in a picture to make it more interesting.
>
> Of course. Thats why I added MHO (my humble opinion) :) But your photo
> I like most ( a front entrance one -
> http://www.streetphoto.net/images/homepic3a.jpg )
> does not have any distractions. everything in it falls where it (IMEHO*)
> should be :) Previous week one is also harmonious.. :)
>
> *) in my extremely humble opinion :)
> --
>                                 St.
>
> 
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