RE: [Leica] PAW: Early Snow in Montreal

["bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Okay, Phong - You asked...
I like the main: nice composition, color, detail. But if you really
cared about the woman on the steps, there's a problem, as she could be a
cat or a cockroach she's so small - I didn't even notice her the first
time I looked at the photo. But I don't know that that's a problem.

Photo No. 2 doesn't do it for me if you're really trying to show the
couple - he's a disembodied head, and she's just too dark and too much
in shadows. The painting certainly pops out of the frame, but so much so
that the couple - if they are - are a distraction.

Which brings us to No. 3 - Which is a very very nice winter abstract.
And probably ought to be No. 1 :-)

BTW - All shot with the D60? If so, another argument for the power of
digital. :-)

Best

B. D.



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[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Phong
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 12:15 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] PAW: Early Snow in Montreal


Hello Leica friends,

I have put up some new photos for your review.
These were taken in Montreal last week where Mother Nature was
vascillating between Fall and Winter.   It was actually snowing at
varying
intensity when most of these photos were taken.

My main entry is:
    http://www.pbase.com/image/7255136
The St Jospeh Oratory looms on the West side of Mount Royal over the
city.  It is a very sacred site for many Roman Catholics,
and stories of miracles abound.    The woman on the staircase 
actually stopped and kneeled on each and every step to say a prayer.  
Such sights are not uncommon here.   I was in awe and humility.

My alternative entry is:
    http://www.pbase.com/image/7255070
Le Commensal is a quality vegetarian Cafe/Cafeteria with 
soft lighting and artwork on the wall.  I was waiting for a friend, and 
saw this couple at the next table.  I like the lighting, simple graphic 
elements, the expressions of the protagonists, and the separation 
between them.  I look at this photo and want to write a screen play  
LOL.  I want comments on this photo more than on any other.  What does
it invoke in you ?

This photo is iconic Quebec: http://www.pbase.com/image/7255140
The Fleur de Lys in the snow.  France in the North.  Iconic sounds
better 
than cliche doesn't it ?   :-)

Our Lady of the Snows is such a lovely name.  It is the main cemetary in

Montreal, on the Mount Royal, near the Oratory, with a very beautiful
park:
     http://www.pbase.com/image/7255054
I can never bring myself to show a lot of the sky the way GeeBee 
or Rob Heyman so successfully do.    If you ever see a new landscape 
from me that has lots of sky, you will know that I've been thinking of
Graham.   How does he do it with so much sky and so little land ?

My complete series can be viewed at:
     http://www.pbase.com/phong/montreal_early_snow
Sorry for the redundancy with the Park photos.  I have the hardest time
editing them out.  I would prefer to keep 2 of the 4, but cannot make up
my mind.  Help !

Leica Loyalists will be pleased that the majority of the photos were
taken with Leica equipment.   On the other hand, my apologies to Leica
Purists, as the photos were taken with a Canon digital camera. [I found
a R-to-EOS lens adapter.  Yeah !  Thank you Bob.]

Comments, criticisms, good, bad, ugly, all very welcome
and appreciated.  This is _Serious Photography_, lightly taken. Thanks
all.

- - Phong


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