Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Certain parts certainly are: with most cameras, a certain amount of sharpening is required, some color and exposure correction, removing dust spots and the like. But, as the answer said, do whatever, art is art. When I go to an exhibition of paintings, I don't walk out in a huff is the artist didn't use certain paints on certain substrates with certain brushes. There is an artist here who sells often in the six figure range who often paints on sheetrock. No complaints there! -----Original Message----- From: W. R. Smith Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2012 4:02 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Manipulation Disqualification I shoot only film, so I'm no expert on the digital side, but I thought manipulation was an intrinsic part of the process. Is there anybody on the digital side who can (and does) resist it? Bill ________________________________ From: Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2012 4:37 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Manipulation Disqualification Sure, but I think there are *vastly* better ways to improve one's craft. Marty On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Marty, > I agree with you there, but all viewers who comment bring in something > useful to the table, including competition judges. It is up to us to take > it in the right spirit to improve our craft. > Cheers > Jayanand > > > > On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Jayanand, >> >> > What method of getting your work viewed, in your opinion, does not lend >> > itself to be open to biases? I think it is impossible to eliminate bias >> in >> > the eyes of the viewer (a judge, after all, is just another viewer, >> albeit >> > with some power in the context of a competition). >> >> Perhaps I worded that poorly. There is no avoidance of bias. But in >> competitions there is exercising of power and often this leads to >> self-importance and glorified egoism. If you show your photos in >> other fora, the viewers can decide if they like them or not, without >> the additional influences of the viewers being given growing >> self-important because their choice makes the image more valuable. >> >> > In this case, nobody seems to have read the rules, and apparently the >> > judges did not check out the primary document (RAW file/negative) for >> > transgressions either, which seems to be a huge goof up! >> >> That really is a goof up. It doesn't make any difference to my >> assessment of competitions, but it's also irrelevant to it. >> >> Marty >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information