Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Maybe I spent too long underground, but I think Russell was pretty realistic. Aram said in part: > From: Aram Langhans > Hi Ted. > > I don't think anyone views a painting with the expectation that it > accurately reflects reality. > Where do we draw the line? It is getting harder and harder to decide. > > Aram > > > > Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 16:37:56 -0700 > > From: "Ted Bayer" <tedbayer@harbornet.com> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Photoshop dilemma > > Message-ID: <01c801c1f944$fe371680$74a242cf@bayeramd> > > References: <20443395323781@mirage.tcinternet.net> > > > > This is an interesting question - not just reserved for photographs. > > > > For example, I paint landscapes. Do I paint everything I see in the > > scene? Of course not. I try to paint the subject as accurately as I > > can, but I may leave out something that might detract from it. I > > may alter some of the colors, or perhaps feather out edges to make an > > object appear less sharp - sort of the same thing Sonny did with the > > background in this photograph (or rendition, whichever you prefer). > Snip > > > If every picture or painting was painstakingly rendered to portray the > > subject exactly as it is, then, IMHO, we would be living in a very dull > > world indeed. > > > > Of course that doesn't answer the question of when is a photograph not a > > photograph. > > > > Perhaps that depends upon what the meaning of is is. > > > > Ted in Olalla > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - --- James Harrison - --- Wichita Falls Texas, USA - --- KD5LMX - --- leicajh@earthlink.net - --- http://home.earthlink.net/~leicajh/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html