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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Another Informal Portrait
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon Nov 17 08:57:01 2008
References: <FD50257D3D5F42688F3884866F453910@jimnichols> <066EB7A5-0DAE-4210-90AC-DE0101E5CA4C@mac.com>

Thanks, George.  I wish that I had your gift with words!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lottermoser George" <imagist3@mac.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Another Informal Portrait


> Beautiful light
> falling on a beautiful subject
> 
> Beautiful sparkle in her eyes
> Wonderful skin tone and background color
> 
> The pose, with the hand,
> the simple shirt collar
> all provide a wonderful
> sense of unpretentious calm
> 
> I wish I'd been able to
> capture my mother
> in this light
> and simple calm
> 
> Fond regards,
> George
> 
> george@imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 16, 2008, at 10:26 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> 
>> Geoff,
>>
>> You guys have it easy with young, cooperative models who are  
>> pleased with their appearance.  Try to post an image of a person  
>> who has reached an age where he or she is very critical of his or  
>> her appearance.  I shot this informal portrait of my wife in July  
>> while testing a lens adapter, and, after four months, have finally  
>> received her reluctant ageement to allow me to post it.  Neither of  
>> us likes to admit that we are no longer the teenagers who fell in  
>> love about sixty years ago.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Donna.tif.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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