>How would I know they were poets if you hadnīt told me? (wink wink - forgetaboutit :)(posted 8544 days ago)Well, you wouldn't. I know you're just funning me- but several people "picked this out of a lineup" in another thread as a great shot, without knowing anything about it, so it can obviously stand without explanation. I won't say another word about it- but i truly believe that the test of a classic picture is that it can express itself without written help.... the who and what and why are always interesting- especially to us photographers- but the "heaviness" of the picture should not hinge on it. That instinctive looking for the caption- that's newspaper's influence on photography, the job it lends itself to almost too well....
In the aw shucks department let me say that the top shot is truly an "F8 and be there" kinda thing. in fact the exposure WAS probably F8...
Thank you for the compliments Christel.. over and out-