[Leica] Rick Santorum and the Leica in your Pocket

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)]

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S. Dimitrov


On Jan 18, 2005, at 9:02 AM, B. D. Colen wrote:

> Sure looks like him to me. And why does a portrait have to flatter? ;-)
>
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> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Glenn Stauffer
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:48 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Rick Santorum and the Leica in your Pocket
>
>
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:17:39 -0500, Kyle Cassidy
> <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu> wrote:
>> I was on my way to D.C. Friday and found myself on the train across
>> from United States Senator Rick Santorum. He spent 90% of the trip
>> talking on his cell phone. Luckily, I had my Leica with me.
>>
>> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/paw/2005/3/ricksantorum.jpg
>>
>
> As a portrait, I don't think the picture flatters him.  The thickness 
> of
> his neck is accentuated  by the angle of his head.  Is it the focal
> length of the lens, an artifact of the focus point, or the angle that
> makes his nose look longer than it appears in his official portraits?
> The angle of the face makes his right eye (left eye in the photo) look
> smaller than the other and a bit wonky?  I don't see that in his
> official portraits.
>
> Good camera work - focus, framing, sharpness, etc.  Not so good a
> portrait.  Back a little further and a more straight-on shot would have
> made it more flattering, I think.
>
> Glenn
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Slobodan Dimitrov
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