Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Ted! Some specific comments: > > A big screen was set up outside to allow people to follow the Tour de > > France: > http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_30alt1.jpg > > The screen is interesting, but what I like in this photo are the two couples > in the foreground. Adds a nice touch of human interest to the over all > scene. > > Whatever you do don't tell me they didn't influence you in taking this > photograph. Although the screen is interesting as a subject, it was really > the couples? Right? ;-) Yes, I take full credit this time, it was not a matter of luck. I had been at this spot the day before and taken several pictures, but when I came back the following morning I spotted the two couples and thought, this is it! I shot 3-4 frames with them in the foreground, and chose this one because both couples are interacting. > > The architecture and the street art at La Defense is quite stunning, as is > the sheer > > scale of the place: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_30alt2.jpg <<< > > A solid perspective shot. Excellent! And without the human walking through > the background it wouldn't have been as effective. Good eye. Same thing as with the couples. I planted myself at the chosen vantage point and waited for someone to pass. > > The large lawns provide a place for conversations... > > or just relaxing: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_30alt5.jpg<<< > > I see this as an HCB type of photograph considering the perspective of human > and location. "Only in Paris!" ;-) And the subject is just enough off dead > centre to give the framing a comfortable balance. Here I can only blush :-) Nathan - -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands e-mail: n.wajsman@chello.nl Mobile: +31 630 868 671 Photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html