Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like yuour take on the subject, though. Even though I have no idea of what the photo in question is;^) ric > On Feb 9, 2022, at 11:31 PM, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > My boo boo. Meant for the reflex group. Will re-address. > > On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 12:06 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > >> Ermm, Frank, all very fascinating I'm sure. I know I've been busy, and >> may have overlooked the topic you are talking about, but I haven't seen >> anything on this topic on the LUG. Have you been over processing and >> included a process that should have been excluded - to whit the LUG >> email address when the email should have only gone to LRflex? The >> curious need to know. >> :-) >> Douglas >> >> >> On 09/02/2022 19:24, Frank Filippone via LUG wrote: >>> I take exception to the way this topic is going.... uppity. >>> >>> First, it is about Nature, and not Photo Journalism. Thus, >>> manipulation of the image is up to the Artist. There is no right or >>> wrong. Anything is fair, that passes the rules of the competition. >>> Since it did indeed win, it must have passed the rules. >>> >>> Second, the image was granted a People?s Choice Award. Which, to my >>> way of thinking, it is an award SELECTED by the general population, >>> not a judge. The concept of Taste, artistry, technical achievement, >>> etc has no standard. It really also is not a concept that was the >>> basis for giving it an award. >>> >>> Third, the general talk that I hear is that the population in general >>> LIKES and favors "over saturated" images. Same was true on >>> Pictorialism in the early 1900's. It is a FASHION or TREND, not a >>> fact. Certainly not a rule. >>> >>> Last: it all about taste. Maybe not yours, maybe not mine, but, in >>> truth, someone had to vote it "Best" of the applicants. Someone liked >>> it, best. >>> >>> So let's not get too uppity.... it is one form of expression that >>> someone else liked.... That is all it is.... And judging it, outside >>> the rules of the contest in which it was submitted, is unfair to the >>> artist, and, in my estimation, pretty petty. >>> >>> Let's all be a bit more lenient and less judgemental. >>> >>> my $0.02 >>> >>> Frank Filippone >>> BMWRed735i at gmail.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > -- > Frank Filippone > BMWRed735i at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information