Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/10/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don, I like #2 as well, but IMHO the light around the senorita and especially on the foreground means that it's a careful crop. Peter On 26/10/2020 16:07, Don Dory via LUG wrote: > Philippe, your point about isolation being portrayed with the intent of the > subjects to remain a part of the culture is well taken. This is an > arguable artistic point; imagine "Morning in the park" cropped tightly to > the se?orita and her shadow back to the right. The tightness would be > similar to the Feinenger image of the woman at the corner of a building so > the se?orita is walking out of the frame with the background including the > people on the bench almost disappearing into the blur. > > Seeing the artists vision and then imagining the situation in different > frames is why art is so important for a culture and for a culture to > communicate to others outside what it is to be inside. > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 10:06 AM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> That?s a different type of photos, Don is right. >> >> But I like it to be able to see these people in a larger frame. These are >> not portraits. Nor Plans Americains. They are people in isolation trying >> to >> pretend they may live an instant of normal life. And the large framing >> weighs into this direction. >> >> BTW #1 & #3 show their backs, as if they were about to leave the frame and >> a director?s CUT ! was about to resonate on the set with an Italian >> accent >> ;-) >> >> Keep wearing that mask Lluis, and shooting with a vengeance :-) >> >> Amities >> >> Philippe >> >> >> >>> Le 26 oct. 2020 ? 15:41, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a >>> ?crit >> : >>> >>> Lluis, your sense of light remains strong. I do think that you are >>> responsibly distancing yourself which detracts from the strength of your >>> vision. To stay safe I suggest you transition to a 75 Summilux or a 90 >> to >>> be safe but recapture the intimacy and clarity of your photography. >>> Alternatively, I am not "getting" the isolation or loneliness you may be >>> trying to convey, but I will return to your images later this week when I >>> have more time to view them and perhaps better understand the images. >>> >>> Be safe and keep showing us your city. >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 6:06 AM Lluis Ripoll via LUG < >> lug at leica-users.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Weelchair?s walk >>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2020F100108.jpg.html >>> >>>> Leica M6, Summilux 35 pre, Ilford HP5, D-23 1:3 >>>> >>>> A morning in the Park >>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2020F100111.jpg.html >>> >>>> Leica M6, Noctilux 50, Ilford HP5, D-23 1:3 >>>> >>>> Walking with the Dog >>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Barcelona/2020F100112.jpg.html >>> >>>> Leica M6, Noctilux 50, Ilford HP5, D-23 1:3 >>>> >>>> Thanks for looking, your c&c are welcome >>>> >>>> Saludos cordiales >>>> Lluis >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Don >>> don.dory at gmail.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 > > > -- Dr. Peter Dzwig