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Subject: [Leica] New to this list - some street shots from Albania
From: gerry.walden at me.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:03:47 +0100
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Your comments remind my Lord Snowden who said the most important thing to a 
photographer is a waste basket. You show them 99 average images with one 
good one and they think you are average, but you through the 99 average ones 
away and just show them the one good one and they think you are an expert! 
It has been a maxim I have long held true.

Gerry
 
Gerry Walden
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On 27 Jul 2012, at 14:00, Tina Manley wrote:

> Welcome, Erik!  I love your people photos and you seem to have a good eye
> for composition.  I would delete the ones that are not in focus, though.
> They detract from the really good ones.  As Ted told me once, "You can put
> an out of focus photo away in a drawer and wait several years and the next
> time you look at it, it will still be out of focus.  Just get rid of it!"
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 5:01 AM, Erik van der Meulen <erik at 
> avondel.com>wrote:
> 
>> Dear lug-people  -
>> 
>> I am relatively new to this list, although I have been passively following
>> it from time to time over the last years. I think I am a
>> fairly enthusiastic hobby photographer, shooting on a daily bases whenever
>> time permits. Currently my most used camera is an M9, but I also shoot 
>> with
>> iPhone, Ricoh GRDII, Nikon D7000 and occasionally with my M6 & M4.
>> 
>> In order to improve my skills, I read a lot, look at work of many
>> photographers and of course practice whenever I can. Now in order to get
>> better, I feel that I could use some 'serious critique' from 'serious
>> photographers'. (I seem to have reached the level where friends and family
>> think that I take nice pictures, that does not help much anymore).
>> 
>> On this list I have read some thorough and honest opinions going back and
>> forth, just the kind of things that I would love. The serie I would like 
>> to
>> show was taken in june when I went to Albania on a motorcycle trip with
>> friends. Photos were taken mostly early in the morning (between 7 and 8)
>> with a 2.8/28 and a 1.4/50. Post-processed with SilverFX.
>> 
>> http://smu.gs/NkcSaX
>> 
>> Thank you very much for your attention!
>> 
>> --
>>  Erik van der Meulen
>>  <erik at avondel.com>
>> 
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
> 
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In reply to: Message from erik at avondel.com (Erik van der Meulen) ([Leica] New to this list - some street shots from Albania)
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