Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW week 4 Steve Unsworth
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@markrabiner.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:24:20 -0800
References: <3e.1808fd17.297f1c4d@aol.com>

P2CON@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Steve writes in response to Rabiner:
> 
> << Do I think my photographs would be weaker without the build up? Not really
> I
>  assume that most people will just read the text and then ignore it.
>   But you do make a valid point, do other people have any thought on what
>  should be provided and where?
>   Steve >>
> 
> Steve, I agree with both of you. I like Rabiner's suggestion to place the
> comments such that you see the photo first, but I do not think the comments
> weaken the photo. I did find myself looking for the Mona Lisa while the photo
> unfurled on my screen and being a little disappointed when she was not there,
> but the caption did provide an answer to the question "what is he, (the
> subject), shooting?"
> 
> I liked the shot,
> Paul Connet
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I think if they weakened the photos at all they'd weaken them LESS if we
saw them AFTER we got a nice glimpse of the photo on our own more and
had a chance to get our own impressions.
I look up "captions" and it does not say it has to go below like i
expected it to say. It just says accompanies the photo. 

Some people in their websites have an INFO button below each photo.
You click on that and get the whole spiel, titles and dilutions.
Of course the caption of each photo then becomes "INFO."
So if its a picture of a person with a visor behind a booth it makes
great sense.
If it's an elephant we think: "Smart elephant."


Mark Rabiner
Portland, Oregon USA
http://www.markrabiner.com
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