Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > These are both nice snaps, but they say nothing about the > man being a shoeshine. They show a fellow on the street > with an interesting expression set off against a nice, > inoffensive background. > (...) > As it is, I keep wanting to see more. I want > to see him at work; I want to see his hands; I want to see > him relaxing by his stand; what does his stand look like? > IOW, you opened the door to this mans life but you've not > let us in. For me, it's frustrating.
Hi Shel, Thank you for the thoughtful comment. I'm sorry, I didn't want to frustrate you... :-) I saw that others had similar feelings (thanks to Marnie and again Dag for sharing their thoughts). I think you nailed the point (is it possible to say that?), I wasn't able to by myself. That's always a problem when one keeps looking at a picture (i'm talking about one's pictures) with the context in mind. It is something I try to avoid with a certain effort, and sometimes I fail. The picture of the guy that I took that day that comes closer to my 'style' (or, better, my feelings) is the following: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2148401 I guess this shot portrays the man better than the other two, even if does not let you see his face. Gianfranco PS: maybe the 'inoffensive background' has more to do with my contrasty feelings about those shots: I really like the creamy effect of the bokeh rendered by the Super-Takumar 50/1.4... I definitely should use it more. ===== �To read is to travel without all the hassles of luggage.� ---Emilio Salgari (1863-1911) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools
