Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan wrote: "I like your shots, especially those of seemingly abandoned and decaying buildings, like the former pet shop. Some of the others are more like record shots, but once in a while you do hit a good one, and that makes it worthwhile. I have been doing something similar, but with the same place. I have been in London a lot of this year, and right next to the Holiday Inn Express where I usually stay is a former pub, now being demolished. I photographed it for the first time in March, again in June or July, and most recently in early November. See: http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=257129 for the early shots. I will shortly be adding the more recent images to it. Those are in color, and for once the London sky was blue, which provided a certain tension in the image. I was actually thinking of your work as I was releasing the shutter." Nathan, I'm just seeing your note on Thursday - haven't been keeping up with the list too well this week. Thanks very much for the feedback. I hadn't seen the pictures of The Rose before. The fourth and eighth are really nice, beautiful gloomy light. The most recent ones are not lit as well, though the billboard shot is vivid. But, yeah, that sure is my kind of subject, and thanks for having me there looking over your shoulder. I'd like to know more about what you mean by record shots. You mean photos that are taken as a note or for remembrance, rather than as a photo suitable for framing? Or one of those things where you say, "it's not right, but I'll take it anyway." I try to keep those things out of the PAW, but sometimes they get back in. Like the first shot of the series, which might be one you are referring to. http://quazynet.no-ip.org/PAW/PAW25.htm Tricky exposure because the building is almost back lit. I thought at first it was the wrong time of day, I'd have to go back in the morning, when the sun would be shining across the facade. But, on second thought, if all the architecture as highlighted, would the statue on top of the building be as noticeable. That was the point of the shot, a little guy with a rifle perched on a massive masonry pedestal. I like the strong converging lines, too, forcing the eye up to him. So, I used it. Don't mean to justify or explain what might still be a weak photo, that's just what I was thinking. So it's helpful to have someone else come along and say, "ah, your full of it!" In a few months, I'll look back at the first six months of PAW and wonder about some of the crap, what was I thinking? Or maybe not. Best to ya, Carl - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html