[Leica] [LRflex] Re: Over-processed

[RicCarter]

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
>>> 
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