Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D., I think you missed my point and perhaps I missed Ted's point also. I was mearly pointing out that most of us quite often do not "tell the truth" each time we press the shutter button. The simple act of using B&W film/digital is a deviation from the truth. You might even say that the use of Velvia strays from the truth. I was simply pulling Ted's chain for making the claim that the truth exists every time he presses the shutter release. I know that he is very experienced at producing the visual effect he wants in his photographs, but I maintain that he, and you, and I, control what "truth" we print or project, either by exposure control or thru post processing. Regards, Paul Connet In a message dated 3/25/2005 2:22:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, bdcolen@earthlink.net writes: <<There's a difference, Paul, between the fact that different photographers will see and capture a scene differently, and creating an image afterwards that bears no relation to the scene. What Ted does, or what any of us do, is see what's before us, and then do our best to capture it. What someone does who puts together parts of different images is create from scraps an image that exists only in his or her mind - like the painter who envisions something no one has ever seen and then puts it on canvas. B. D >>