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Subject: [Leica] Father and son at the ballpark
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Mon Apr 11 14:39:39 2005
References: <4cfa589b05041113203831059f@mail.gmail.com> <20050411220700.10871@smtp.isire.org>

Thanks all - what I meant was that I'd be more selective in the
future. It came across FAR more petulant than I meant it to. I won't
make better pictures if I don't get criticism! :)

Adam

On Apr 11, 2005 2:07 PM, Merrill Morrow <merrill@isire.org> wrote:
> Adam
> 
> So far as I am concerned, you can go on using bandwidth as you have. YOU
> go ahead and call 'em as you see them.
> 
> Merrill
> 
> >Hi Ted,
> >
> >Sorry you didn't like it - I did like the mirroring of father and son
> >- and the setting. For me it works as a son and father for them.
> >
> >However, I DO hear what you're saying and won't waste bandwidth in the
> future.
> >
> >Adam
> >
> >On Apr 11, 2005 12:19 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote:
> >> Adam Bridge said and showed:
> >> Subject: [Leica] Father and son at the ballpark
> >>
> >> > Before the first games of the season Tony DeFrancesco, the manager of
> >> > the Sacramento River Cats - arguably the finest AAA baseball team on
> >> > the planet for the past couple of years - brought his son down onto
> >> > the field during warmups and played a bit of catch.
> >> >
> >> > Here they are walking from the dugout toward the outfield.
> >> >
> >> > <http://www.splitsecondfilms.com/2005/04/08/_L3U1528.jpg><<,
> >>
> >> Adam mon ami,
> >>
> >> Sorry mate you made this exposure not for picture content quality. But
> >> because you know who this person is with his name on his shirt, that
> at this
> >> moment has absolutely no relevance to a quality photograph.
> >>
> >> Because there isn't anything to it but a couple of people, backs to 
> >> camera.
> >> And truthfully if this were not whom you say he is, I doubt you'd have
> taken
> >> it in the first place and sure as heck wouldn't have posted it!
> >>
> >> Now in reality, does this relate to a worth while photograph you'd 
> >> expect
> >> people to get excited about & it illustrates your talent in the use of a
> >> camera and lens? Or is it really "Tony DeFrancesco" and whom he is that 
> >> it
> >> made it worth while posting? Or to the rest of us as we see it, a
> >> meaningless exposure.
> >>
> >> sorry some days you gotta call 'em as you see them!
> >>
> >> ted
> >>
> >>
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Replies: Reply from datamaster at northcoastphotos.com (Gary Todoroff) ([Leica] Father and son at the ballpark)
In reply to: Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] Father and son at the ballpark)
Message from merrill at isire.org (Merrill Morrow) ([Leica] Father and son at the ballpark)