Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/13

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Subject: [Leica] BLUR rebuttal
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:46:46 -0500
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On Aug 13, 2013, at 12:35 PM, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote:

> Just remember that blur in action shots is a convention. If you want to 
> suggest rapid motion do it primarily by content.

two dimensional visual art relies on convention, creativity and technology.

DaVinci grappled, rather successfully IMO, with illustrating motion
<http://haolu.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/davinci_draw_turbulence.jpg>
<http://rej9design.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/da-vinci-motion014.jpg>

long before "photography"

I think this one may even include some "blur."

<http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/images/davinci_drawing.jpg>

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
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