Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:28 PM 4/9/98 -0700, you wrote: >To produce such a photograph, sharpness, ASPH, APO, bokeh, and >micro-contrast are the very least important ingredients, in fact they are >not important at all. It's not an either/or situation. Ansel Adams' pictures have impact for many reasons, two of them being technical mastery, and the content. (One has to appreciate the American West to really understand his work.) The same can be said about Sebastiao Salgado's work. Beautiful (not everyone agrees) and gripping in content. Very powerful. Technical quality can play into why a picture has impact. But a technically beautiful photograph with no real content is like playing scales on a grand piano. But playing with the greatest technique on a toy piano still sounds like a toy. If I was as good as these guys, I wouldn't be a photo editor. But as a matter of fact, my photography is improving as I edit more closely other people's work. I see lots of mistakes that I now can think "I'm going to avoid that." ========== Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch IRS: We've got what it takes to take what you've got!