Emphysema

The X-Pan is an impressive tool Bob. This is a little too subtle for dolts like me. Perhaps you should have included her entire face. She reminds me a bit of my grandmother before she passed on. Regards.

Walter, I bought the Xpan with two lenses on Ebay on the cheap about two years ago and I've really struggled with the camera. Only a few good shots with it in two years. I keep seeing other people's great shots with the camera, but have a hard time seeing with it. Since it was loaded with some b&w film, I decided to take it out for my first attempt at street photography. Also shot a Leica, but I'll scan those later.

 

Because the Xpan is so wide, it's really hard to control all of the elements in the frame. I was having a discussion with my neighbor/friend, Robert Adams, about edges and placing subjects on the edge of frames, interrupted. Since you're no dolt, this is probalby a lame attempt to do that.

 

Thanks for your comments! I'm going to give the street a few more weekends and see if I like it.

 

 

BTW, my favorite aunt died about a year ago after a long ugly bout with emphysema--the disease didn't stop her from smoking, though, right up to the end.

Constructive criticism greatly appreciated--first day/attempt at

street photography.

In two minds... I'd read the comments and the title first, which made me look for something unusual. As a result I feel I ended up looking at the photo in the reverse of how I would have examined it if blind to the context. Because of the tube( its a little difficult to see at this size), I sat here wondering why not one person was looking at her( there's a woman sitting on the left that looking in the general direction, but can't tell if its at her). I wanted at least some kind of interaction.

 

However, if I had come to this blind, it would have taken me a while to notice the tube. I would have ignored her like the people in the photo are. Maybe ignored is the wrong word, since cut-off on the edge, she attracts attention, but you know what I mean, she just another person among many.

 

Time for an essay question, I think! Blind vs. context? Include in your discussion, the role of the limited size of website upload. You have one hour.

Stephen, thanks for the comment--it made me laugh. Obviously, this lady needs to be more in the frame.