Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave: >Personally, I don't think digital manipulation is what Leica photography is >all about. Especially Leica M photography -- which I feel in it's pure form >is b/w full frame printing. How far do you take that? Jim Brandenburg's _Chased by the Light_ is wonderful. When you realize that the 90 images were consecutive exposures and he only had one chance at an image a day, it becomes mind-boggling. If cropping from an image is cheating, is tossing out an image also cheating? Why is eliminating parts of an image any worse than eliminating an entire image? I think it was Robert that made an analogy between his photographs and stones. Either it works or it doesn't. But if you chip away enough at a stone, you can create something truly wonderful. Take away everything that makes an image weaker, and you're left with a far better image! Eric