Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/13

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Subject: [Leica] 20 Discards
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Thu Jan 13 15:03:27 2005
References: <OF4B5783AA.6C34A17B-ON85256F88.00624AD9-85256F88.0062582E@manulifeusa.com> <02f701c4f99a$de27da10$6401a8c0@ccapr.com>

Okay - I'm going to argue for the removal of image #5 - the baby in
the incubator being viewed. I like the IDEA of this shot a lot but for
it to fit into your current collection it should be crystal clear and
the baby is not. Viewer and subject need to be sharp for this image to
be included. image #6 however is a wonderful image and suffices.

In its stead I would place image #9 - church pews shot from above -
which is a wonderful composition and which appears to make wonderful
use of the camera's full dynamic range.

I also am taken by image #12 (boy laying on concrete bench) although
I'm far less strong about this than I am about the church pew image. I
also like #20 (traffic light in snow).

If I were to replace these two images in your portfolio I would remove
#14 Portrait of Man in black. This just doesn't work for me. I like
one of the discards better. And I would remove #7 Hand hovering over
preemie in incubator because the tiny hand and finger of image #10 is
far more powerful.

I suspect their very art school credentials provide a bias against the
church pews. It is, after all, static. There are no people. But it is
a WORK of people in a place of devotion, filled with structure and
light and shadow which is, after all, what religions are about.

So those are my alterations and the reasons for them. I todder over to
the corner now and drool in private.

Adam


On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:08:21 -0500, B. D. Colen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> 
wrote:
> Okay, a few of you asked for it, and I'm crazy enough to take the
> risk...
> Here, once again, are the 20 final selections to be included in a slide
> show at an Olympus event at the ICP -
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album154
> 
> And here are the 20 discards that my son and daughter - both art
> school-trained photographers - discarded -
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album163
> 
> Did we make any major mistakes? If so...why? :-)
> 
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