Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] DAS Week 17
From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 08:25:38 +1000

I really like the composition. The strong elements at the top of the 
frame and the moving  world below. It may not be a strong image of the 
central character, but her "tight" feeling does seem "nervous". HFC and 
ETHO.

Cheers
On Monday, Jul 21, 2003, at 05:23 Australia/Melbourne, Dante Stella 
wrote:

>
> Ted, as you probably surmised, the girl is just a supporting 
> compositional
> element, not the subject.  Anytime I take people shots, they usually 
> suck
> up at least 2/3 of the frame.  Looking at the print I have here, I can
> pretty confidently say that she wouldn't have been the subject on the 
> best
> of days...
>
> There is kind of a weird story behind this; I was waiting on some 
> friends
> who were late (they actually arrived during the exposure), and I was
> watching this massive space.  I was idly seeing if I could take the 
> shot
> and noticed four people coming up the side aisles at the same time.  
> So I
> took it.  It was a 1 second exposure propped on some fixture that was
> sticking up out of the ground.  This whole thing came out of boredom 
> and a
> need to be distracted from the New Tate's nosebleeding 0% humidity that
> day.
>
> The fact that she was in a state of nervous paralysis may have just 
> been
> lucky.
>
>
> Dante
>
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Ted Grant wrote:
>
>> Dante Stella
>> Subject: DAS Week 17
>>> Third in a row... sit this one out.
>>>> Nervous in the New Tate
>>>> http://www.dantestella.com/photo.html
>>>> How does it look?<<<<
>>
>> Dante,
>> Sorry mate I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be lookig at here? The 
>> girl in
>> the middle not moving whom you may have posed or you got lucky 
>> catching her
>> because she stopped to look at something.
>>
>> What I do like is the "motion capture" of the others because 
>> essentially
>> it's a photo of movement. And if that's what you were illustrating 
>> then
>> disregard all below.
>>
>> If it's the gal? Read on!
>>
>> But considering your previous excellent picture offerings, do you 
>> really
>> consider this to be one of your all-time best of ten photographs?  
>> And if
>> not, why is it here mon ami as it just pulls your previous 
>> photographs down.
>> Now that's my opinion, however others will speak more eloquently. ;-)
>>
>> However, if it's the motion capture it's not a bad shot. :-)
>>
>> Sorry you know me when you ask. :-)
>> ted
>>
>>
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