Avotius
I have rarely seen anything more ridiculous than this: "I'm put off by your sentimentalism and tool-worship.
You need to remember that providing a narrative for one of your own photos is a taboo and comes across as pretentious. You can caption a photo but you cannot write a paragraph explaining what 'you think' is happening in the picture. Leave that to the viewers."
Your narrative was fascinating. The photos were superb.
I'm an Australian. Did you read or hear the speeches of our prime minister kevin rudd to the university students in Beijing? What did you think?
Btw, I came across your posts in a search for the M6 - I am flying through Hong Kong early in May and you really have set me on a mission for that camera ;-)
congratulations - the HCB of china!
Thanks! I dont think I am anything of the caliber of HCB, but the reference is very flattering. The M6 is great. I was so worried that manual everything would slow me down, yesterday I took 6 rolls in 1.5 hours. Guess that shows whats what for me and this camera.
The speeches kind of ring a bell, im trying to remember, I think they were a few months ago? Cant really remember, looking for them online now.
Found it, reading it now.
So far from the half I have read it is kind of fluff, a lot of words strung together to make people happy.
Ok finished it, its rather dry as most political speeches are, as for his comments about the Olympics and Tibet, that is something I would rather not discuss online (wink) here. To speak frankly, there are a lot of things the "FT" (wink) people dont understand about that place, as someone who grew up in the Seattle area (quite liberal) and spent a lot of time in the Tibetan areas and who has communicated with many people there.....well lets just say not all things are as they seem.
But I agree about some of his points, time to lift some shrouds.
I dont care to photograph too many "political" points here, the picture of the little girl with the kite is a exception, but as it has been pointed out before, the Olympics is not a political agenda passing organization (contentious).
Anyway, get the M6, go photograph a lot!