Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:45 PM 11/18/97 -0700, you wrote: > >Not a bit, Alf. You should get as much attention as I do. But, you see, >you accept Gestalt-Psychology as a truism. I don't! In fact, I have a >lot of trouble with psychology in general. I consider the field a >pseudo science. Unfortunately, with common sense being in such short >supply, folk are quick to accept, as a wonderful science, what I take >for granted. > >I don't care if you guys see whatever you want to see, but be careful >when you challenge some of us old bucks. We have the advantage of >having matured in an era when it didn't matter a whit whether you >"stroked" someone's self esteem or not. It was performance and ability >that counted, not how well you could see the unseeable and how you felt >about yourself. > >How's that Bob; right outa Rush's mouth, eh? (If this is a bit obtuse >for non US types, my apology, but I couldn't let go of it.) > >So, enjoy your boke(h)! Hell, I enjoyed stuff that my "old man" >couldn't fathom also. Something to do with the generation gap, I think. >Mummble, mummmble, snort! > >-- >Roger Beamon Well said Roger. As I said earlier, I enjoy the word Bokeh. It saves a lot of typing. And it gives the pseudo scientific folks something to sink their teeth into. And that's why all of my cameras have ground glass screens. You can *SEE* the Bokeh! Which brings up another question... is good Bokeh just dumb luck with an M camera? Jim