"Frank ess" <frank@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Focus wrote:
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>>> On 2008-05-11 02:48:06 -0700, "Focus" <focus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>>>
>>>> ****tugal seems to be flooded with birds: I hear them everywhere,
>>>> but I can't
>>>> see them!
>>>> So I found some other wildlife that might be interesting for you:
>>>>
>>>> http://photos-of-****tugal.com/Wildlife/
>>>>
>>>> Comments welcome.
>>>> (Please be gentle: they are my first wildlife attempt ;-)
>
> [ ... ]
>
> I liked the pictures. They are like the views you get from riding a
> monorail through the Wild Animal Park. It was nice to see all the colors
> and the animals against the background.
>
> The pictures are not particularly good in a "photographic" sense.
> Do***entary-wise, they are a good trigger for someone who was there and
> can add context and "feeling" from memory. Of all the photos, there are
> two I might go back at and look at again. Throw away all others. OK,
maybe
> all but three.
>
> If I were a curator or a publisher, none of them make the grade. If I
were
> a brochure-maker, maybe a couple. If I were a close relative of the
> photographer and we were in his living room looking at a slide show, I'd
> tolerate them once. When he tried to waylay me into seeing them again,
I'd
> get a phone call and have to leave.
Just to be a little funny: I'm guessing you're not any of the above,
right?
So how would you possibly know, what you would do, if you were what you
are
not?
Something like:
"If I was a doctor, I'd remove his apendix." ;-)
> Nice pictures, but busy and not grabbers. Good practice. Practice.
> Practice.
Absolutely true. I try to learn everyday.
Thanks!
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Focus
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