Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Okay, Peter, you asked - Peter would get more comments had it been a strong photo. As it is it's an idea more than a photo. Unfortunately, between the peacocks, the table and umbrella, the other people, etc., it's too damned cluttered an image to work as I assume you wanted it to work. I have to really struggle to see the camera in the hooks. Beyond that, there's the question of what makes this 'special' other than the fact that the guy without arms is using his hooks to take a picture. My guess is he wouldn't think it was a worthy of a photo - given what armless, and legless people can accomplish, taking photos comes in pretty low on the humdrum list. So.... :-) B. D. -----Original Message----- From: Peter Klein <pklein@2alpha.net> Sent: May 4, 2005 11:18 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Cc: pklein@2alpha.net Subject: [Leica] Peter provokes contentious controversy Since no one commented on a photo that I thought might provoke some discussion, let me try again: http://users.2alpha.com/~pklein/currentpics/06PeacockCouple.htm - Who the hell does Peter think he is? Diane Arbus? Kyle Cassidy? - Did he get permission to take this picture from the subject, the Zoo Director, the Mayor, the Police Commissioner, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Committee for the Correct Treatment of Human Subjects by Exploitive Wannabe Concerned Photographers? - What's he doing at the zoo, anyway? Man, that's *so* bourgeois. - This photo would have been *so* much better if taken with a black paint Flommolux instead of a chrome DR Summicron mismatched to a black chrome M6TTL. - The bokeh ruins the shot. Sorry. - Incredible! Pulitzer Prize! Family of Man! Thirteenth honorable mention in Parade Magazine's annual "Gushy Family Values" snapshot competition! - Peter *who*? Your comments welcome. --Peter _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information