I agree with the shiny coins. I almost wish they weren't there, because they're hard to read, and kind of distracting.
I thought the same thing as you about the sign on the wall on the upper right, but I got an e-mail off list from someone who thought photo was greatly enhanced by the words, "last words". Go figure.
regards, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: "Ryan Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: First LX pix! Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 11:22:57 +1000
Nice frame Frank! The words in the top right corner distract me a little and
the coins toward the right are a bit shiny too, but overall I like it. I'm
quite keen to find out why he's where he's at too.
:) Ryan
----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 6:22 AM Subject: First LX pix!
> Hi,
>
> Well, I've actually gotten a couple of rolls back, but this is the first
one
> that I thought worth blowing up:
>
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1956319
>
> Scanned from 8x10. When he saw my camera, this fellow asked if I wanted
to
> take a photo of his pennies. I said "sure". He didn't know that with the
> wide lens, I was getting him in there, too.
>
> We talked for several minutes, I threw him some coins (keeping in mind
that
> unlike Americans, we do have $1 and $2 coins! <g>), and I was off. He
> seemed to be such a gentle man, I wondered how he came to be in the
> situation that he was in. Next time I'm in that part of town, I'd like to
> give him a print of his "art".
>
> This was the first time I've used the 19mm Vivitar for street photography,
> and it is very different, but fun! You really have to get in their faces
> with this one. Unfortunately, this lens, while fairly linear, does get
soft
> around the edges - I don't remember the aperture, but it was likely around
> f8 or f11.
>
> Lemme know what you think, if you're so inclined.
>
> thanks,
> frank
>
> "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The
pessimist
> fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
>
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