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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, February 14, 1992                   TAG: 9202140450
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A-10   EDITION: METRO 
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STATUE WAS REAL SUBJECT OF PHOTO

AS AN AMATEUR photographer, I often take pictures from certain angles to exclude extraneous objects that do not contribute to the overall compostion. Evidently this didn't occur to Cindy Pinkston when she photographed the police-training session.

On the other hand, if I were a news photographer trying to create a story, I would have gotten closer to the statue, perhaps using a wide-angle lens to make it the dominant object in the picture. After all, it was the real subject of the photo, not those police recruits. CHARLES H. WARNER ROANOKE

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