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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Even more Hoppy in Barcelona
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sat Nov 17 14:39:36 2007
References: <1195319265.473f1fe18db10@panthermail.uwm.edu> <000501c82968$c98cbac0$6401a8c0@asus930>

Hoppy,
This series is only getting better!

For me:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B22.jpg.html
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B12.jpg.html
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B25.jpg.html
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B34.jpg.html (Nathan did  
you lose weight? Great one, Hoppy. One more for the Gallery.)
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B20.jpg.html (dito cc the  
Gallery)
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B19.jpg.html (but wider  
aperture or background blurred)
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B30.jpg.html

A very high percentage of bull's eyes!

Thanks for showing,
Philippe



Op 17-nov-07, om 23:25 heeft G Hopkinson het volgende geschreven:

> Thanks for taking a look Alan and making a very useful observation.  
> I was taken by the series of faces and had the idea of placing
> these two against the repeating theme of those in the background. A  
> lower angle would certainly have yielded a different effect and
> good photo, I think. Since the expressions are pretty goo, I might  
> try reworking this one. I stumbled upon this gathering and spent
> half an hour moving amongst the crowd as well as making some  
> pleasing portraits of the entertainer. Low profile, I definitely was
> not. I think that a number of people thought I was part of the  
> entourage as I bobbed and weaved through the crowd.  I had to be
> careful not to distract too much from the hard working entertainer  
> (and he sounded pretty good, Ray Charles like). Interesting
> because they then tended to ignore me, all except for one darling  
> young girl who was with her mum and family. You can see her in one
> shot. She was goggled eyed when I had to hold the baseplate in my  
> teeth as I did a hurried film change.
> A very interesting situation and experience for me. Aaron, the  
> entertainer is blind. He had an assistant offering his CDs to the
> crowd and also was receiving some busking type donations in his  
> guitar case. I made a donation and bought a CD in thanks. So anyway,
> there was Aaron in the middle, a space with a quirky local grooving  
> along plus an Aussie photog zipping around and then a large
> circle of audience. Those shots that aren't with a fifty were my  
> little Elmar M 90. What a fantastic lens for this (and travel in
> general, I did half my sunrise landscapes with it too).
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> (hoppy)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org  
> [mailto:lug- Subject: [Leica] IMG: Even more Hoppy in Barcelona
>
>
>
> Quoting "G Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au>:
>
>  There are now 32 photographs up in my Barcelona gallery,
> The new photographs start here. I'd love to hear some opinions or  
> suggestions.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B32.jpg.html>
> ...................................................................... 
> ..............................................................
> ....
> I liked seeing this travelog.  If you pardon one particular  
> comment, in "more
> watching",
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/2_001/B19.jpg.html>
>
> I wish the two closest profiles were against less cluttered  
> backgrounds.  It
> seems that if the picture had been taken from slightly to the left  
> and at a
> lower angle, both faces might be seen more clearly.  I know this  
> kind of
> micro-composition is hard to achieve in fluid situations, but if it  
> is kept in
> mind, it might become second nature, and be achieved almost  
> automatically.  I
> had one mentor who used to joke, "Don't forget that your knees bend."
>
> I hope my opinion does not feel like an indictment.  Thanks for  
> showing your
> work.
>
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University Information Technology Services
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> Office Phone: 414 229-6525 | E-mail: amr3@uwm.edu
> Department Phone: 414 229-4282
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
>
>
>
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