Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I look forward to seeing those pics. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 25 Aug 2019, at 21:46, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > > In the past while I have reflected on the issue of posting pictures to the > LUG, which I haven't done much of. And I've looked at all of the pictures > that do get posted and thought "hmmm". > > What I think I've learned is that the pictures that I like the most are > pictures that come from the photographer's passion, and not pictures that > the photographer thinks are "good" pictures. I never thought I would enjoy > looking at pictures of trains or insects or plants or airplanes or > strange-looking people smoking cigarettes on a city street. But I do. I > was amazed at how much I liked the photographs of park benches that used > to appear from time to time. > > Right now my passion is my grandchildren, and I think I'm going to start > posting pictures of them. You don't have to look at them if you don't > want. Mostly I prefer pictures of people, and 90% of the pictures I've > ever taken have been formal or informal individual or group portraits. > > Well, first I need to finish cleaning out my office and turning in my > keys. And until the Q2 that I've ordered manages to arrive, I don't have a > working Leica except my IIIf and an M6. I need autofocus; I can't see well > enough to focus an M any more, so I've passed on my M9 to someone I think > will use it well. I will get to see my youngest grandchild again in a > month, so I dearly hope my Q2 has arrived by then. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information