Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You're missing an additional irony here. The "invisible" man is actually the most powerful graphic element in your composition, whereas the 4 suits share a common type, but no visibly individual identity (with the amusing exception that one of them has an "identity" only by virtue of having it printed on his chest). To further the theme of visibility you and your camera made them visible, by virtue of taking their picture, something they offered you $20 to erase (a contemptible gesture imo). -Lew Schwartz On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:59 PM, Greg Rubenstein <gcr910 at gmail.com> wrote: > Some iPhone grabs apres workout of an all-too common street scene. > > Three images, two photos (A & B are the same image, different croppings). > Facing west around 7 p.m. Most of the upper half was blown out. Some rescue > work done. Also brightness, contrast and a bit of sharpening. The URLs: > > -- A: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/The+Invisible+Man_001/Invisible+Man+A.jpg.html > > -- B: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/The+Invisible+Man_001/Invisible+Man+B.jpg.html > > -- C: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gcr910/The+Invisible+Man_001/Invisible+Man+C.jpg.html > > Got four shots before being noticed by the suits. One said stop. Another, > reaching for his wallet, offered $20 to delete the images. Remarkably, I > did not detonate. The monetary offer irritated me far beyond being told -- > yes, told -- to stop; don't mind being asked nicely and generally respect > it. Twenty bucks, however . . . > > Did make a graphic-though-likely-physically-impossible suggestion about > what they should do, and recommended they go away. Fast. Am not a big guy, > but being reasonably tall sometimes has advantages. > > Bad behavior aside, please comment, critique or otherwise offer thoughts > about the images on- or off-list. Thank you in advance for your input. > > Greg Rubenstein > > P.S. Maybe some time one of you street shooters out there can teach me how > to be unobtrusive or lend me your cloak of invisibility for a brief period. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >