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<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?

folder_id=328355">Current project</a>.<br><br><center><img

src="http://www.photo.net/photodb/image-display?

photo_id=2289848&size=lg"><br><br><i>El Paso</i></center>

<a href=http://www.photo.net/photo/1690197><u>This</u></a> one is terrific. Rather than merely busy, the young woman's cautiously interested gaze, unconventional cropping and that big-butt manequin come together.

o7 is like an image lifted from the great depression - or more prior to it. fine stuff mike.

Mike,

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These are the shots that grabbed my eye the most and that I felt told me the most about El Paso.

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04 = http://www.photo.net/photo/1690204

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$3.99 = http://www.photo.net/photo/2289848

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07 = http://www.photo.net/photo/1697859

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Some of the other shots although good I feel could have been shot anywhere. Another thing that grabbed my eye is the toning of the images. To me it seems that if all the shots had the same toning it would read much better as a series.

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Anyway, nice project your undertaking and I hope to see more. Thanks.

Thanks for taking the time to look at the folder. I've been collecting images from El Paso for about a year; the results are scattered around in several folders and represent a variety of experiments with equipment, technique and presentation. One of these days, I'll try to pull together something more coherent, and perhaps add some words. My general approach to this sort of thing is to look for images that I feel will have some value to people who view them 25 or 50 years from when they were taken. Of course, that is a tricky business as it involves predicting the future. However, when I look back on similar projects I undertook many years ago, I find that it is a methodology which seems to have worked, at least for me.

Nicely done stuff Mike. I don't have a Retina, yet.

Really great stuff, Mike. 04 and 12 are my faves. In 04, I like how the stack of plastic

wrapped trays, crowned with the .69 cent sign, dominate the guy with the hat and the

almost invisible charecter behind the glass. It seems to place the bargain aspect of the

restaraunt as more important than the people themselves. In 12, I just like the easygoing

nature of the guys. It's kind of funny how they're both sort of similarly shaped. The smile

on the guy on right makes the shot.

 

Again, awsome stuff. Congrats.