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20th anniversary of Serpentine February 23/24 Feb 27-Feb-2008 At 11:25:18 AM qman

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Neil, Re: Photo of the week

As always great photos of the action and in general awesome climbing photos.

I am puzzled however by the use of the one selected for photo of the week, out of the 75 in your album from that weekend. It doesnt even rate in my top 10 favourites out of the 75. A quick run through and 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35*, 39*, 42, 43, 45*, 47, 52 etc... are all better photos of the man, the route, the climbing, and tell the story better. I would actually say this is one off my least favourite out of the entire set.
(* = the ones i would have chosen)

The body position is "relatively" awkward and uninteresting and the facial expression is weird. The context isnt well expressed for anyone who isnt intimately familiar with the route.

IMHO, a bad choice of a set of great photos.

I dont want to be seen to be bagging the photos as they are awesome.
I just think that a photo should tell a story for all veiwers and that this one leaves me cold when compared to a number of others in the set. Am i missing something in this particular photo.

Great photos. keep up the good work