Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/11
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"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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