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Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 6 Hours Ago
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Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Oh boy .

Oh boy .
Forum: back alley's In The Bag 7 Hours Ago
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Sticky: welcome!
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Posted By Gabriel M.A.
BTW, we owe you a dinner!

BTW, we owe you a dinner!
Forum: back alley's In The Bag 7 Hours Ago
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Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Here in Paris (not Texas), and in Europe (aka...

Here in Paris (not Texas), and in Europe (aka Yurop), man bags are de rigueur; I have a few myself of different sizes. Then there's the few Crumpler bags (which are not easy to get in Frons)...and...
Forum: Technique: How To Shoot It 8 Hours Ago
Replies: 28
Views: 1,584
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned De Niro ;)

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned De Niro ;)
Forum: Photogs / Photo Exhibits 8 Hours Ago
Replies: 54
Views: 1,945
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Excellent point. Fans do not give a crud. I...

Excellent point. Fans do not give a crud. I would go further and say that a properly curated book or exhibit is like a properly edited record or concert programme. Some need more post-production...
Forum: Simon Says -- SimonSawSunlight Photo Technique 1 Day Ago
Replies: 287
Views: 10,581
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
As much as I admire and support your dedication,...

As much as I admire and support your dedication, all of this underlines just how lucky you have been, and I don't think I'd be the only one enraged if anything should happen to you.

I've been...
Forum: RFF News 1 Day Ago
Replies: 3
Views: 327
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
It's on sale today at 2pm (local time). Seeing...

It's on sale today at 2pm (local time). Seeing where it's being sold, I'd say that those not earning less than six figures need not apply.
Forum: Photogs / Photo Exhibits 1 Day Ago
Replies: 54
Views: 1,945
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
OK, so if The Beatles takes out 1,000 songs and...

OK, so if The Beatles takes out 1,000 songs and about 100 are extremely good, and only 500 are really bad...and The Winogrand Experience takes out 50,000 songs and only five are extremely good...
Forum: Photogs / Photo Exhibits 1 Day Ago
Replies: 54
Views: 1,945
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
If you give one man five darts and only three of...

If you give one man five darts and only three of them are in the bulls-eye, and you give Winogrand 50,000 darts and only five of them are in the bulls-eye, who is the better shooter?
Forum: W/NW Words no Words. 2 Days Ago
Replies: 6,720
Views: 389,180
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/174/405042700_befdde...

http://farm1.staticflickr.com/174/405042700_befddeecf6_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gabrielma/405042700/)
Forum: Simon Says -- SimonSawSunlight Photo Technique 2 Days Ago
Replies: 287
Views: 10,581
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Most interesting. I double-checked and it didn't...

Most interesting. I double-checked and it didn't work for me either a few moments ago, although it's exactly the same URL --I think it's ok now (for the link).
Forum: Simon Says -- SimonSawSunlight Photo Technique 2 Days Ago
Replies: 287
Views: 10,581
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Turkish government looks like is being both...

Turkish government looks like is being both passive-aggressive and just plain aggressive: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22925619
Forum: Simon Says -- SimonSawSunlight Photo Technique 2 Days Ago
Replies: 287
Views: 10,581
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Yes. I hope it doesn't get hijacked...

Yes. I hope it doesn't get hijacked again.


Please do stay safe.
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 3 Days Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Thank you, Markus. This is, imvho, far harder...

Thank you, Markus. This is, imvho, far harder than getting immediate "news-like" action shots where general sympathies draw the viewer in more. I'm trying to do something that I don't see much:...
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 3 Days Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Excellent point and advice. Needed that. I...

Excellent point and advice. Needed that.




I believe it is if I published them commercially and directly gained financially by the image (i.e. photo sold).

It was first brought to my attention by...
Forum: Photography General Interest 3 Days Ago
Replies: 49
Views: 1,381
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
BTW, I just realized you meant 35mm as in focal...

BTW, I just realized you meant 35mm as in focal length, not format.

I don't think I've ever used a bad 35mm lens. Although I've read that a properly scratched "fast" and hazy LTM Canon is bad. If...
Forum: FSU Former Soviet Union RF 3 Days Ago
Replies: 10
Views: 360
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
I think you're right. Another opinion:...

I think you're right.

Another opinion: personally, I don't call f/2 "fast". It's certainly faster than f/4.5, but to me anything wider than f/2 is "fast". Relative and subjective, I guess.
Forum: Photography General Interest 3 Days Ago
Replies: 49
Views: 1,381
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
For an NEX-7, besides getting a really really bad...

For an NEX-7, besides getting a really really bad copy of a 50mm f/1.5 Summarit, you could get a bad copy of a 50mm Summar (not Summitar). Or you could find a really cheap copy of any Fed/Industar...
Forum: Photography General Interest 3 Days Ago
Replies: 49
Views: 1,381
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
He did mention "soft" and "hazy". The Summitar...

He did mention "soft" and "hazy". The Summitar is neither bland, soft or hazy; a soft bland and hazy copy of a Summitar is in a serious need of a CLA.

I think you're thinking of the Summarit, which...
Forum: Philosophy of Photography 4 Days Ago
Replies: 29
Views: 730
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Everybody is creative. Everybody has a "closed...

Everybody is creative. Everybody has a "closed mind" about something, some most than others. From the "everybody" pool, some are just more adventurous than others (those are the ones who show...
Forum: Travel 4 Days Ago
Replies: 22
Views: 402
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Puerto Vallarta is not, generally, the best beach...

Puerto Vallarta is not, generally, the best beach in Mexico: usually the expensive/luxury hotels keep their beaches reasonably clean. First Acapulco, then Mazatlan, then Puerto Vallarta, (Cancun is...
Forum: Travel 4 Days Ago
Replies: 22
Views: 402
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
I heard some people got shot in the U.S. and...

I heard some people got shot in the U.S. and usually profiled by the police; I was even robbed there, but still plan on returning at some point ;)
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 5 Days Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
The following images are just overall from the...

The following images are just overall from the pool I have, and for me these didn't make the cut (to me) for the series revolving around the general theme/focus I have stated in my first few...
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 5 Days Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
I know! But since this is not literally a...

I know! But since this is not literally a photojournalistic piece, and I don't have Press credentials, I feel constrained by French privacy laws. I think I'm on pretty shaky ground as it is if I...
Forum: Photo Software 5 Days Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 909
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
They're called Quarks :cool:

They're called Quarks :cool:
Forum: Philosophy of Photography 5 Days Ago
Replies: 72
Views: 1,733
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Ha! Editorial. Microstock and "borrowing" from...

Ha! Editorial. Microstock and "borrowing" from flickr is a great business model. Get on the plane for free, so to speak, since it's already going where it's going.
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 5 Days Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
In short, there needs to be less different things...

In short, there needs to be less different things in order to be more cohesive, and color works best than B&W. But with less things then there's much less to see. Protest shots are hard to pin down...
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 5 Days Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Thanks Clint for the feedback.

Thanks Clint for the feedback.
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 6 Days Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
To me this touches on another difficulty I'm...

To me this touches on another difficulty I'm having: how to bring about the background of these events and translate the immediacy of certain things without putting a voice on them.

Most...
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 6 Days Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
A few...

A few more...

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2835/8925526063_cf96855a9a_z.jpg...
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 6 Days Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
I think you're confusing the pro rallies with the...

I think you're confusing the pro rallies with the anti rallies (since the photos you posted are for, not against, as is the case here). This is not from a pro rally (which would show all the...
Forum: Photography General Interest 6 Days Ago
Replies: 9
Views: 385
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
I hope it doesn't go down the Super CCD/Foveon...

I hope it doesn't go down the Super CCD/Foveon path and become a curiosity.
Forum: Leica M Film Cameras 6 Days Ago
Replies: 32
Views: 1,921
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STAR-WARS-1978-Series-2-...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STAR-WARS-1978-Series-2-Sealed-Box-of-48-Gum-Card-Packs-UK-Toppps-UK-Post-Inc-/400505242248?pt=UK_Collectables_Cigarette_Tea_GumCards_CA&hash=item5d3ff90288


It's what the...
Forum: Photo Software 6 Days Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 909
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
I think most people forget that film didn't...

I think most people forget that film didn't automatically mean "grain in the image". Slow film, fine developers...there are countless samples of...emm...last century photography where the drive was...
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 6 Days Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
D'oh -- I meant to post these earlier re: Robert...

D'oh -- I meant to post these earlier re: Robert Blu's comments.

I did some closer/portrait-like shots, specially with sign-carrying protestors, but I soon moved away from that. You'll see a bit of...
Forum: Photo Software 6 Days Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 909
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
I agree with this.

I agree with this.
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 6 Days Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Well, thank you for those who took the time. I'm...

Well, thank you for those who took the time. I'm surprised that the usual people that have something to say in critiques have said nothing. I guess that's the critique!
Forum: Leica X1 / X2 forum 1 Week Ago
Replies: 35
Views: 1,862
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Leica: "Mini-M!" "Mini-M!" "Mini-M!" Montoya:...

Leica: "Mini-M!" "Mini-M!" "Mini-M!"

Montoya: "You keep on using that word. I do not think it meens what yu think it meens".
Forum: Philosophy of Photography 1 Week Ago
Replies: 35
Views: 830
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
How is gore considered reportage? How is...

How is gore considered reportage? How is suffering considered reportage?

We have been conditioned to think that drama = reportage. Oversimplification, of course, but so is the question.
Forum: Philosophy of Photography 1 Week Ago
Replies: 35
Views: 830
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
People's attention (including editors') are more...

People's attention (including editors') are more easily focused by drama than photography itself (i.e. composition, post-processing, subject treatment, etc.)

Also, perpetuating stereotypes (misery...
Forum: RFF Photo Projects 1 Week Ago
Replies: 47
Views: 884
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
There are various settings for B&W JPEG...

There are various settings for B&W JPEG processing in some of my cameras...making a conscious decision about what curve levels and B&W style is post-processing, is it not? What if I decide one...
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 1 Week Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Hello Johan -- ::sigh:: I had my whole reply...

Hello Johan -- ::sigh:: I had my whole reply ready to click "Send" and for some reason my browser went back, and I lost *the whole response*. ::sigh::

So, briefly now: yes, those were the colors. ...
Forum: Photography General Interest 1 Week Ago
Replies: 10
Views: 360
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
I was there last year -- enjoy! Do take a tour...

I was there last year -- enjoy! Do take a tour boat for the nearby islands, it's definitely worth it; I'd recommend you do it on a rather small boat, not a big two-level one.
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 1 Week Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Anything else, anyone?...

Anything else, anyone?...
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 1 Week Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Hi Tim - thanks for sharing, although I'm not...

Hi Tim - thanks for sharing, although I'm not sure how this helps me as a critique.
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 1 Week Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
It's definitely something to consider, Robert. I...

It's definitely something to consider, Robert. I have thought about it, but the French "droit d'image" gives me pause for such endeavor. It's something I would not have hesitated to do in the U.S.,...
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 1 Week Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Thanks guys, for the feedback so far. I hope to...

Thanks guys, for the feedback so far. I hope to get some more.
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 1 Week Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
Thank you for the replies so far -- and it also...

Thank you for the replies so far -- and it also illustrates my issue with whether to go w/B&W or color. But I do think that I should stick to color, as it conveys part of the message of the protest...
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 1 Week Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
But it was soon evident to me that color was of...

But it was soon evident to me that color was of the essence...


http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2805/8871074704_7e28f4830a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gabrielma/8871074704/)
A crowd flowing...
Forum: Critique / Salon / Picks / Most Views 1 Week Ago
Replies: 37
Views: 717
Posted By Gabriel M.A.
I originally thought on doing this a B&W series,...

I originally thought on doing this a B&W series, and some images work rather well that way...

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3741/8846245326_1f5e410c3a_z.jpg...
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