"Paul Furman" wrote in message
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Peter wrote:
"Vance" wrote in message
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On Jan 14, 10:12 am, Al Bar wrote:
I left my heart in a goth club in San Francisco =)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mesolim...7612545672346/

No offense, but I live in San Francisco and you really need to take
someone out who knows where to get the great image and how to get
them. Nice snaps of your outing though.



If you take me out to the "great image" and show me how to get it, from a
philosophical standpoint, why are they not your images. Compare with, if
you show me how to see and just take me to an area.

I am not picking on words and certainly don't mean to disparage your
comment. But I think that on too many workshops, the instructor/group
leader simply tells you where to plant your tripod and what exposure to
use, as opposed to letting you do your thing and then making suggestions.
with clear explanations.

Last weekend I went to the beach with a friend, who is an excellent photo
artist. We simultaneously saw the same shot. His was far superior to
mine, simply because he shot from a slightly different angle. In my
excitement, I never realized the alignment of a sunbeam reflection with
some seaweed, until it was too late. Had he explained the alignment
before he shot, the picture would have really been his, not mine. Yet it
was a good learning experience for me.

"Hey you stole my shot!" is a common, not quite joking refrain on photo
outings with friends (this goes both ways). I was in Chaco Canyon this
fall & stole this shot from a LF photographer who was set up waiting for
the light to change or something. I asked, she laughed & said I was only
about the 12th person to do so. Of course her camera was in the way of
taking the exact shot she set up g

The stolen photo:
http://edgehill.net/Southwest/9-12-0...co-cyn/pg8pc46
(I still need to finish uploading, organizing & annotating all these
zillions of shots)



We used to have an A-hole in our club who would make that complaint if
anyone came near him while he was shooting.

The president of our club subtly rebuked him.

We had several competitions based upon a field trip in which all going went
to the same spot. The purpose was to demonstrate how many different shots
could be taken from the same spot.

--
Peter