Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, the point is they like to do it and share it. Sometimes it is fun to play with an image. http://www.sonc.com/nat_geo.htm On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 4:31 PM, David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com>wrote: > Is it just me or do other people notice an abundance of overly > manipulated images out on the web. And I mean manipulated to the point > that they're surreal. They're like eye candy. Interesting on the > surface, but not much depth. Some people really know how to ice on a > cake with Photoshop. It's not easy stuff to do, I'm sure. But I don't > know what the point is, really. > > DaveR > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tina Manley [mailto:images@comporium.net] > Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 9:35 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice? > > At 06:40 PM 9/7/2008, you wrote: > >Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> wrote: > > > > >too few people have ever spent any amount of time > > >truly looking at exemplary photographic prints > > >made by fine print makers. > > > > > >The auto cameras do make > > >quite acceptable negatives, slides and/or digital images. > > >It becomes too easy to be impressed > > >by what current technology can deliver with ease > > >(without thought or craft) > > >off the shelf. > > >Until > > >one takes the time > > >to truly look at the work > > >of fine craftsmen and women; > > >which suddenly shifts one > > >into humble mode. > > But there is a danger of admiring a beautiful print of nothing. The > people who do that with digital prints are called "pixel peepers". I > attended a printing workshop with quite a few of them who admired and > examined with a loupe, beautifully printed photos with no meaning > behind them other than the technical quality. > > "There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept." -- Ansel > Adams > > Tina > > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana USA