[Leica] IMG Old scan Salzburg 66

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 9:29 AM -0400 6/3/09, David Rodgers wrote:
>Henning,
>
>Great photograph that has a special quality. What makes it for me, I
>think,  is a slight angularity which makes it dynamic. It almost seems
>like the guy wearing black is moving. He's tilted about the same as the
>pole in the upper right. Those two elements at the same angle complement
>each other. They guy in black's perceived motion contrasts with the
>passively sitting woman. The distance in the upper part of the photo
>makes the lower part seem closer and more intimate. I'm drawn in more
>than if the upper part had been cropped out. The mind can only imagine
>what's the two -- I assume they're together -- are talking about, if
>indeed they're even talking. There are lots of elements of contrast --
>near and far, one person wearing black and the other white, one person
>standing and in motion, the other passive and sitting. Throw in some
>Gestalt and I even think one person is talking and one person is
>listening. All those elements working together are what make it a
>special image.
>
>I was completely drawn in until I finally got distracted because I
>looked at the trash can in the lower left and tried to determine your
>level of sharpening; and was at the same time wowed by the corner
>resolution of a '60s era Summicron, even with grainy ole' Tri-X. ;-)
>
>Dave R
>

Thanks, Dave. It's one of my favourite photos over the years. I've 
made many prints of it, and it's been published and won some prizes. 
I keep being drawn back to it.

I was in a park across the river from the castle, going to a lookout. 
I saw these two; very engrossed in conversation and oblivious to 
everything else. Clearly an intense discussion. I took just this one 
photo.

I left the trashcan in to provide termination to the line.

Scanned in on a Nikon 5000; it enhances the grain in Tri-X/D-76 
somewhat so I didn't apply any sharpening at all except what LR 
applied on export when 'screen - normal' is selected.

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