Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was a member of one of those long ago. As I recall, there were points for composition, points for a title with "punch" and points for something else I have forgotten. I never got any points for the title because they were either "untitled" or something incredibly obvious, such as "Anasazi Ruins". I don't know, maybe "Double Secret Anasazi Ruins" might have done it. Best Regards, Ken Carney Oklahoma City, Oklahoma www.kencarney.com > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Steve Unsworth > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 6:36 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Captions > > I'm not sure that's always the case. > > A few years ago when I was a member of my local photograph society one of > the members entered a fairly cheesy "glamour' shot of a model in red > lingerie. The title was "lady in red". The external judge docked a point > from the photograph since to quote him "she doesn't look like a lady to > me". > It was at that point that I decided the world of photographic societies > wasn't for me. > > Steve > > > On 28/12/09 23:13, "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > > While I agree with Dr Ted in that the image has to be strong before the > > caption adds to it, I think that NO image is judged on its caption > first... > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information