[Leica] IMG: Epic photo of the Super Moon

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

Hi Philippe, sorry that I used an (American?) slang. It's an hyperbole! As
in writing with many exclamation points!!!!!! To attract attention and say
Hey Look at me!!!!

In the context of an image, en Epic image may be one that invokes a scene
or story of grandeur. For example, when a movie shows the "heroes" walking
off to face their foes, lets say like Peter Jackson's Return of the King,
it supposes to say "Wow, Epic proportion!"

Hope this helps :-)

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 5:39 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr>
wrote:

> I like the photo but don't understand the references made to epic and
> "epicness" (the word is not in my dictionary BTW)
>
> What's the link with Epic as defined by wiki ?
> Epic: a long narrative poem in elevated style presenting characters of
> high position in adventures forming an organic whole through their relation
> to a central heroic figure and through their development of episodes
> important to the history of a nation or race. (Harmon and Holman)
> An attempt to delineate ten main characteristics of an epic:[4]
> Begins in medias res.
> The setting is vast, covering many nations, the world or the universe.
> Begins with an invocation to a muse (epic invocation).
> Begins with a statement of the theme.
> Includes the use of epithets.
> Contains long lists, called an epic catalogue.
> Features long and formal speeches.
> Shows divine intervention on human affairs.
> Features heroes that embody the values of the civilization.
> Often features the tragic hero's descent into the Underworld or hell.
> EOQ
> Thanks again
>
> Amities
> Philippe
>
>
>
> Le 11 sept. 14 ? 14:21, Howard Ritter a ?crit :
>
>
>  Epicness achieved! Positively menacing.
>>
>> --howard
>>
>>
>> On Sep 11, 2014, at 1:06 AM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Thanks Jay, please look again. It's actually a 4x5 wide to begin with
>>> and I
>>> cropped to more square. I just re-crop to more rectangle per your
>>> suggestion. I think it might look better....
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 8:33 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Very nice, but imho take a bit off the top & bottom & turn it into a
>>>> landscape oriented image.
>>>>
>>>> Jay
>>>>
>>>> On 9/10/2014 1:07 PM, Richard Man wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  9/8/2014 was also the 15th of the 8th month in the Chinese calendar,
>>>>> meaning that it's the Mid-Autumn Festival where mooncakes are consumed.
>>>>> Legend has it that the rebels coordinated their attacks by stuffing
>>>>> messages in the mooncakes in their overthrow of the Mongol invaders so
>>>>> there's a history lesson there too ("don't teach the peasants how to
>>>>> read").
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, it's also one of the "Super Moon" which of course is
>>>>> meaningless
>>>>> on
>>>>> a single photo unless photoshop is employed, but enough digression: I
>>>>> asked
>>>>> them to "look epic," and this is what they did. Epicness achieved?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20140909-Scanned-496.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>>
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