[Leica] [LRflex] Re: Over-processed with a link

[Douglas Barry]

Don't remember it, Aram. However, I've just glanced at the photos and 
have to say they're not my particular cup of tea, so maybe I saw it and 
mentally dismissed it. My loss and the all embracing world of art's 
gain, I'm afraid.

Douglas

On 12/02/2022 15:27, Aram Langhans via LUG wrote:
> Frank was referring to an email from the Leica Users Group.  Here is 
> the link for those interested in what started the whole discussion.
>
> https://petapixel.com/2022/02/02/the-winners-of-the-international-landscape-photographer-of-the-year-2021/ 
>
>
> Aram
>
>
> On 2/9/2022 12:05 PM, Douglas Barry 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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