I left the crop loose figuring that, if the paper wanted to use the pic, they'd have some room to crop to their needs. I shot about fifteen or so frames - until there was no more room on the card I had - with somewhat different angles and perspectives. I may post one or two more pics at some point, but with one or two exceptions, it seems that the list isn't too interested in the photo, so I don't have much incentive to go further with it here. Thanks for your comments ;-))
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > Yup. :-) > > In eons past, I did a lot of such stuff as a newspaper stringer. It > was always 1 chance in a hundred that a picture of mine would get > picked, but I did get four or five into the papers. Nothing of any > note, sadly. People who make a living as stringers a) do a LOT of > ambulance and police chasing, b) shoot a LOT of this stuff, and c) > have a well established relationship with editors and public service > personnel which affords them insight into where things are happening > and what kinds of photos will tickle the buying reflex of a given > paper's editorial staff. > > It's a good shot. I'd have liked to see a few more angles and some > tighter cropping. > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > The photo editor liked it - called it "hydrant art." The general > > editor felt that, since "the paper [was] full", he wasn't going to > > run it, as so doing would have required bumping something else. > > Anyway, I like the pic, newsworthy or not, and it was fun to > > get excited about the possibility of > > having one of my photos published in the local paper. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
