Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]agreed!! the slight blur makes it more dynamic and touches the emotions that much faster. bharani Message: 5 Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 20:46:05 +0100 From: "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> Subject: Re: [Leica] PESO: sharpness is a bourgeois concept To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Message-ID: <638D9080-A816-4F67-90C9-1AF6791AE29E at sfr.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes +1 Amen ;-) Ph Le 7 nov. 12 ? 20:32, Lluis Ripoll a ?crit : > Absolutely agree Nathan, I love this HCB sentence and I like very > much your picture, even I think is better unsharp > > Un abrazo > Lluis > > > El 06/11/2012, a las 19:11, Nathan Wajsman escribi?: > >> 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