Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for looking and commenting, Jayanand. I am pleased with both the picture and the thread it has sparked...we are actually discussing photography! Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Nov 7, 2012, at 7:54 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > It is a nice picture seen on screen, but I confess I am in the sharpness > camp. I also have doubts how it would look in a decent size print. > Sometimes, I take a blurry photograph I really like otherwise and play with > it in Photoshop, using the more extreme painting and drawing functions, but > not very often. I think this is a personal thing of how we would like our > output presented, and as such, IMHO there is no right or wrong, > irrespective of what anyone might think. (-: Nathan has posted some blurry > ones in the past that I have quite liked - mainly because of the emotion > conveyed, which to me, trumps aesthetics. > > This subject is rather like the long winded one on shutter lag that is > doing the rounds on the list. Some hate it, some don't think it matters - > so what? Just keep doing what suits you! > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > frozenlight.eu>wrote: > >> I have sometimes used the above phrase in jest, but there really is >> something to it. >> >> I took this picture in Barcelona last week. The story behind the picture >> is that our office was hosting the trademark offices from the US, Japan, >> China and Korea for an annual meeting of the so-called TM5 group. The >> first >> day of meetings, Tuesday, was followed by a walking tour of Barcelona?s >> old >> city and then dinner. As we were walking out of our hotel, it was slightly >> drizzly, so most people took umbrellas with them. Within 10 minutes the >> drizzle turned into a very serious downpour and any thoughts of looking at >> the old city were replaced by thought of shelter, any kind of shelter. In >> the end we made our way to La Boquer?a, a covered food market, from where >> we took taxis to the restaurant. >> >> Along the way, I photographed a small group of our visitors being led >> across Pla?a de Catalunya by Lynn, one of our employees: >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/20121030-L1008298.jpg.html >> >> Lynn absolutely loves this picture, and so do others to whom she has shown >> it. I am going to have it printed for her. Do I wish it were sharper? Of >> course! But I do not believe it is particularly "damaged" by not being >> sharp. It sort of adds to the ambience, I think--and so do lots of others, >> apparently. >> >> The lesson? Maybe none, but I think it is something along the lines of >> "just take the damn picture"! >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >