Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice catch! Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu> To: "lug Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 12:11 PM Subject: [Leica] PESO: sharpness is a bourgeois concept >I have sometimes used the above phrase in jest, but there really is >something to it. > > I took this picture in Barcelona last week. The story behind the picture > is that our office was hosting the trademark offices from the US, Japan, > China and Korea for an annual meeting of the so-called TM5 group. The > first day of meetings, Tuesday, was followed by a walking tour of > Barcelona?s old city and then dinner. As we were walking out of our hotel, > it was slightly drizzly, so most people took umbrellas with them. Within > 10 minutes the drizzle turned into a very serious downpour and any > thoughts of looking at the old city were replaced by thought of shelter, > any kind of shelter. In the end we made our way to La Boquer?a, a covered > food market, from where we took taxis to the restaurant. > > Along the way, I photographed a small group of our visitors being led > across Pla?a de Catalunya by Lynn, one of our employees: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/20121030-L1008298.jpg.html > > Lynn absolutely loves this picture, and so do others to whom she has shown > it. I am going to have it printed for her. Do I wish it were sharper? Of > course! But I do not believe it is particularly "damaged" by not being > sharp. It sort of adds to the ambience, I think--and so do lots of others, > apparently. > > The lesson? Maybe none, but I think it is something along the lines of > "just take the damn picture"! > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >