[Leica] [LRflex] Re: Over-processed

[Frank Filippone]

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
> >
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Frank Filippone
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