Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW 2003, Week 2...
From: "Tom Smart" <tom@sleepytom.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 12:46:33 -0600
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> Rob Mason's  PAW 2003, Week 2...
>
>
> > Here is my second offering to the PAW for the year:
> >
> > http://www.leica-gallery.net/rcm/image-37730.html
> >
>
> The first question you as photographer should ask when you look at this
> picture is: "What was the motivating factor to make this exposure?" What
> triggered you to shoot what we see here?
>
> Because as I see it, there isn't any point of interest. Break the shot
> down... the lady on the extreme left is clearly out of focus and could've
> been cropped out before posting.  the lady and chap in the centre appear
to
> be your point of interest are in focus but without any point of interest
or
> what they're doing.

To me it looks like there is indeed a point of interest - the guy crying, or
scared, or whatever on the far right; the one everybody is looking at.  I'd
say it wasn't captured in a way to carry the composition, but I bet that's
the point.

Tom

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