> -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Womer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Amita, > > I just opened my slides of The Gates yesterday, and > most of them went into the bin. It was hard to shoot! > You did much better than I. Thanks! Yes, it was hard to shoot. I threw out tons of shots myself. > As art, yes, it was silly; but it drew thousands of > people to stroll in Central Park when they otherwise > would have been sitting on their backsides. As an > event, it was a huge success. Yeah, I couldn't believe it when I heard people were flying into NY for it. People really seemed to be enjoying themselves. > I had a scenery/landscape/art mindset when I shot it, > but I probably would have done much better with a > "street" mindset. I've done very little of that sort > of shooting, though. I think it was hard to shoot it as landscapes because there are so many twists and turns in the park and not many places with a clear vantage point of an open space. I tried a few shots like that myself and I didn't like them.
