Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW wk29/sl
From: Steve LeHuray <steve@streetphoto.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 08:19:08 -0400

> Kurt,
> 
> Just to present another point of view, I too thought about
> cropping the car in the front, but decided against as it
> adds to the urban feeling of the photo.  I also thought of
> cropping just to half of the headlight to lose some highlight
> in the photo, but also decided against that.  If anything
> I want a tad more of, though not all, of the car
> 
> Steve, Was it with a 35mm (you'd be very close to the first man)
> or a 50mm lens ?
> 
> - Phong

Thanks Phong -- it was a 35/1.4 pre-asph and M6ttl.

sl

> 
> khmiska wrote:
>> 
>> Steve,
>> I'd crop out some of the material on the right side, i.e., the cars.
>> It's the type of photo that once, long ago, would have been taken by
>> somebody like Eisenstadt, Capa and other photojournalists. Very nice
>> all around. I'll give it an 8.5 out of 10.
>> 
>> What was it taken with? I don't care.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Kurt
> 
> 
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