[Leica] IMGS: Rockport, MA

[philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD)]

Hi Tina,

Your post raises a few questions :

1) Was there a compulsory theme or combo?

What I see on the LUG surprises me as
a) they're not the type of photos you usually show,
b) the gear is not the best you have in stock to use for this kind of takes.

2) Did you deliberately go "astray" from your style ?

Mind you, I wish I had taken
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tinamanley/081022_646_355.jpg.html>
which deserves a triple WOW

Yet, I think the other ones are gear driven, and even if you did let 
your artistic side a go, you might have fared better with other pieces 
of gear you own, as they are, for me at least, far from any kind of 
"KISS" principle.
I don't know what Ted said. I sense that you wanted to try something 
other, and you did get one that IS really smashing, whatever the gear, 
and sorry for me to say it Ted, even if you disagree.

I hope this somewhat harsh post won't hurt you. It is not meant to. I am 
simply wondering why.

In any case I hope you enjoyed the seminar and I really wish you 
developed in this direction i.e. art and personal sensibilty to other 
topics than human beings too for you've proved here that your bow has 
more than just one string.

Amiti?s
Philippe
.





Tina Manley wrote:

> PESO:
>
> We're here in Rockport for the annual Leica Seminar.  The weather 
> yesterday was miserable - rainy, cold, and very windy - not 
> particularly good photography weather.  Today is a beautiful day - 
> sunny but cold - and we've been inside all day listening to Ted 
> critique our photos ;-)   Ted was his usual irascible self  but very 
> educational - a great judge, even though I didn't win anything this 
> year!  The big winner was Jacques - a guy from the other Leica Forum 
> who came to the seminar for the first time.  His photos were wonderful.
>
> I've put mine up on the Leica Gallery so you can try to guess what 
> Ted's comments were ;-)
>
> Rock Quarry
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tinamanley/081022_646_277.jpg.html
>
> Blowing Leaves
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tinamanley/081022_646_270.jpg.html
>
> Morning Glory
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tinamanley/081021_646_170.jpg.html
>
> Sumac Leaves
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tinamanley/081022_646_301.jpg.html
>
> Fall Berries
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tinamanley/081022_646_355.jpg.html
>
> Fall Vine
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tinamanley/081022_646_418.jpg.html
>
> All of these were made with the M8, Visoflex, and Hektor 135/4.5
>
> Comments greatly appreciated!!
>
> Tina
>
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
>
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