Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK George, I can go with that. One (i.e., me) rebelled at the idea of rejecting the first in favor of the second. But peaceful co-existence is what we should all aim for.... 2010/5/11 George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> > I agree with Vince's basic premise. > > Further I also see the cropped and original versions > as entirely different photographs. > They communicate quite different messages; > so serve different purposes. > > The cropped version becomes a candid street portrait; > and quite a beautiful one. The postcards serve it well. > I do believe it is every bit as "real" a photograph > as the much more complex "narrative" original version. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > On May 10, 2010, at 10:41 PM, Vince Passaro wrote: > > Lluis: >> >> the original version had a narrative, a story, to be seen in it. The >> cropped >> version has a babe. The first is more intelligent and more interesting as >> a >> photograph. She is standing, waiting to get something at the newsstand. >> She >> has detected the camera (? -- that's how it appears) and she has turned to >> look with all the calm and all the composure and all the abiding desire to >> photographed that such a beautiful woman can be relied on to have in her >> possession. Thus, in this pose, in these circumstances, she is even more >> beautiful, by *reacting *as a beautiful woman would react. She has been >> engaged -- always an electrifying moment with a woman of her caliber. >> >> The cropped version, pfff. >> >> Cropping is good for animal pictures, and flowers; but humans exist in a >> more insistent reality, an actual set of circumstances. When Avedon put >> them >> before a white drop he made an Avedon out of them but those are still >> circumstances, still a story: the photographer's story. The crop of this >> has >> none of that integrity. And insolubly the back of the man's jacket >> intrudes. >> You can't move the line because you'd have to center her, boringly, and >> include part of the stroller behind her. >> >> All in all, go with the original, which is a real photograph. The other is >> meant for a stock agency or a calendar or a weekly newsmagazine and you >> are >> a way better photographer than that. >> >> Vince >> >> >> >> 2010/5/10 Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> >> >> Lluis, >>> >>> The cropped image is very nice. I feel it is a stronger image than >>> before. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lluis Ripoll Querol" < >>> lluisripollquerol at gmail.com> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 7:02 PM >>> Subject: [Leica] Se?orita (cropped) >>> >>> >>> >>> Following Peter and oliver suggestions, here is the image cropped. >>> >>>> >>>> Cropped: >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2010040314cr.jpg.html >>>> >>>> or the first version >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2010040314.jpg.html >>>> >>>> What do you think?... thanks! >>>> >>>> Saludos cordiales >>>> Lluis >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/ >>>> http://photo.net/photos/lluisripoll >>>> Blog: >>>> http://lluisripollphotography.wordpress.com/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >