[Leica] URL: National Geographic Traveller Photography competition

Ken Iisaka ken at iisaka.com
Thu Feb 21 12:46:15 PST 2019


I too manipulate my negatives, as I've done in the darkroom in the past as
well. However, the goal has always been to convey the emotional response to
the scene.

I've always felt that photographs should be a transparent medium, to bring
the viewers to the subject. Actually, it's not just the photographs. Music,
too.

On Thu, 21 Feb 2019 at 12:15, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> I agree in this case that they are over-processed.  I guess catching the
> eye of the judges is similar to trying to sell stock, though!!  I prefer
> more natural for myself and in the National Geographic!
>
> Tina
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 10:53 AM Howard L Ritter Jr <hlritter at bex.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Eyebrows raised by the degree of post-processing in many of the images? I
> > agree, but as Tina pointed out, that kind of image seems to be what
> > “sells”. I’d have hoped the editors of NatGeo would have had different
> > standards…
> >
> > —howard
> >
> > > On Feb 21, 2019, at 8:51 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.uk>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/photography/national-geographic-travel-photography-nature-cities-people-a8789841.html
> > >
> > > Quite surprised that the 'Marrakesh' portfolio was chosen....
> > >
> > > john
> > >
> > >
> > >
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