Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Errr, what is the point of that last sentence / statement in the > context of this discussion? > > > ==On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >> >> "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote in response to MR's >>>> >>>> Cute captions are death to a serious image. >>>> You want them as bland as possible. >>>> Simply descriptive. Or none. >>> >>> good point Mark...seems if the image works, nothing more need be said... >>> >>> if it needs to be said, it's cus the image has failed, >>> >> >> Strongly disagree. A caption can add to a picture as well as giving the >> who, >> what, where.... How the blazes can one "Untitled" picture be remembered >> against the visual sea of other "Untitled" pictures. >> >> I like captions, but doctors differ and patients die :-) >> >> Douglas >> _________ >> Douglas Barry >> Bray, Co. Wicklow >> Republic of Ireland >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information I really don't know but I'd call the idea that you remember an image not for the image but for its cute caption is a major misdiagnosis which could lead to malpractice. Or is a the very minimum really bad advice. Mark William Rabiner