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Subject: [Leica] Re: Zelda
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Tue May 24 23:58:59 2005
References: <e75647f9a0d64ff73756d59f4716e893@depaul.edu>

What very moving pictures of a tragedy some of us know all too well.
Douglas

Bob Palmieri wrote:

> BD wrote (referring to
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/miscellaneous-critters/Last_Ruthie_Katie
> 
> That is a terrific photo, Bob - The cat's eye and the woman's mouth,
> combined the with burrowing of the cat really tell a story....
> 
> BD -
> 
> Thanks for your take.  This business of which snaps have any value for  
> an audience other than those with an intimate knowledge of the subjects  
> shown is quite a confusing area for me.  And despite my couching of the  
> post in terms of the reflectance values of housecats, the wrenching  
> nature of the end of a life is not news to nobody.
> 
> Incidentally, here's one of the photos that I decided not to post  
> initially.  Despite the truly beautiful (to me) and elegant curve of  
> Katie's head and neck I felt that without being told few would notice  
> Ruthie's tears falling onto the cat's face.  And if you hafta point  
> that kindof thing out, the snap can't be that good...
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/miscellaneous-critters/ 
> Ruthie_Katie_w_tearsCrop
> 
> Bob Palmieri
> 
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In reply to: Message from rpalmier at depaul.edu (Bob Palmieri) ([Leica] Re: Zelda)