There wasn't anything wrong with your original comment per se. It was how you felt on first viewing it. The more a person looks at an image the the more the "feeling" changes? 
This is so true: the first time I see new pics from somebody I aready admire, the more impressed I am; then, slowly, I see the flaws.
But, and a strange one, the first time I see my
own shots the worse I think of them, but the longer I look, the more they swell my self-esteem!
As they say around Glasgow (though it might be Paisley), ain't nothin' as strange as folks!
Did anyone pick up the tv show with Rankin the other night (UK)? He did a reshoot of some iconic Hollywood images, a theme he’s done before on ty with Bailey fashion imagery too. I didn’t think it worked when he tried that, and it was even worse when he took on the Hollywood publicity men of the G.O.Ds.
The nadir was when they wheeled on Jane Russell, who seemed to be utterly out of the whole thing. Poor lady – time has served her cruelly but I guess she has only herself to blame for accepting a cameo role as herself on the embarrassing set where they tried to recreate the Outlaw still; however, the straw was convincing enough and one pistol is much the same as another to a non-collector. Well, I guess the reality of what was then is always better than the versions of it now... Think I’ll turn the mirrors at home.
The odd thing is Rankin: surely he doesn’t need to do these daft things? He’s a great shooter in his own right, has a track record second to none, why does he think he needs this? Surely he knows you can’t do it successfully? He can’t need the money, even if he does hire(?) red Caddies!
For the peepers, it was interesting to see him working with an arr-zee, a 500C variant and with what looked like a 70mm back… cool to watch him winding on! I almost forgave him everything just for that!
Oh well, back to the images.
Rob C
