I thought it was Pulitzer material. On second reading it's pure BS after all.
:-) Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:42 PM Subject: Re: Zenit 16mm Fisheye & *istD > Yeah, Bill, > > I'm pullin' something alright... > > <vbg> > > cheers, > frank > > > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > > > >From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >I think this is Pulitzer Prize writing! :-) > > > >Bill > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 6:56 PM > >Subject: Re: Zenit 16mm Fisheye & *istD > > > > > > > I see an absolutely stunning portrayal of the utterly bland emptiness of > > > Suburbia. Not a single human in sight. No sidewalks. Only a single > >car, > > > directly across the street, indicates the fact that humans may reside > >here. > > > > > > Huge lawns separate the inhabitants from the street, and therefore from > >each > > > other. Looming shadows in the foreground clearly show that this was > >shot > > > either from the inside of a dwelling, or perhaps from directly in front > >of > > > the house. The viewer reaches out to the world from his lonely abode, > >only > > > to find bleakness; nothingness. > > > > > > The house across the street (significantly, the one with the car) has a > > > smudge in the sky above it: it is the moon. It draws our gaze into the > > > void - is the void of the suburbs equivalent to the void of interstellar > > > space? Or are we drawn to Nothingness? Is the Nothingness of Suburban > > > America the void into which we must drop before we become aware of our > >very > > > existence? Or is it the "end", in and of itself. > > > > > > I see a wry, humourous expression of "photograpic verity", clearly > > > interpreting the human condition, but also containing within it the very > > > solution to the same. > > > > > > Well done, Bill. > > > > > > -frank > > > > > > PS: Unlike Tom, my mother always told me that if I have nothing good to > > > say, don't say anything at all. > > > > > > > > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > >pessimist > > > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Subject: Re: Zenit 16mm Fisheye & *istD > > > >Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 13:17:21 -0400 > > > > > > > >Well it looks like a 79k jpeg of a shot across the street. Artistically > >I > > > >rate it a 0. Technically I rate it a 0. Informationally I rate it a 1. > > > >However the exposure looks OK, if that was your point. It does make the > > > >16mm fisheye look like a not great 24mm (too much distortion for a > > > >rectilinear lens, not enough for a fisheye lens). > > > > > > > >See why I don't usually do critiques? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* > > > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > >
