Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Johnny Deadman wrote: > > on 4/26/01 6:25 PM, Jim Brick at jim_brick@agilent.com wrote: > > > No, not at all. I do not understand your term "over produced?" > > > > These images, in the flesh, are stunning. > > my reaction was > > a) very nice if you like this kind of thing > > BUT > > b) Velvia overload. WAY oversaturated for me. Also the very consistent > warmth of them is quite monotonous. Like eating ten huge sundaes in a row. Perfect analogy... I also find many "beautiful" pictures very obvious, kind of like a stop sign... I see it, I get the idea, and then... next picture! Not that I have anything against capturing a beautiful image, lord knows I try all the time :-) The images that keep me coming back are always the more subtle ones... people like Miserach (sp?), Baltz, Freidlander have images that I don't mind seeing again and again because I might "see" something different... Isaac > > The only ones that I really got off on were the shafts of light in the slot > canyon. > -- > John Brownlow > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com