Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] manipulated photos
From: Jim Hedger <jrhedger@pdq.net>
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 15:27:16 -0600

On 4/4/03 2:37 PM, "SonC (Sonny Carter)" <sonc@sonc.com> wrote:

> Ha!  They're just getting warmed up!  The only way to stop it is to
> challenge them with a new topic.
> 
> SonC
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <grduprey@rockwellcollins.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 2:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] manipulated photos
> 
> 
>> 
>> Havn't we beat this subject in to the ground deep enough?????  You
> guys are
>> re-hashing the same argument over and over and over....
>> 
>> ENOUGH!!!
>> 
>> Gene
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>                       "Hagerman, Douglas"
>>                       <Douglas.Hagerman@hp.com>           To:
> <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>>                       Sent by:                            cc:
>>                       owner-leica-users@mejac.palo        Subject:
> [Leica] manipulated photos
>>                       -alto.ca.us
>> 
>> 
>>                       04/04/2003 01:34 PM
>>                       Please respond to
>>                       leica-users
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Re manipulated photos, everybody has seen those super-long telephoto
>> pictures accompanying stories like "new airport runway threatens
> nearby
>> homes," the ones that  make it look like the airplane wheels are
> brushing
>> the suburban house. So if you select a lens in order to change the
> emphasis
>> of your photo, is that against the rules? Perhaps photojournalists
> should
>> only be allowed 35 or 50mm lenses, to eliminate this dimension of
>> distortion!
>> 
>> Realistically, the editor needs to decide what he wants to publish,
> and
>> then make sure his reporters know the rules. If the reporter breaks
> the
>> rules then he (or she) is open to termination.
>> 
>> For example, National Geographic didn't seem to have a problem
> moving
>> pyramids around a few years ago...and whether that was just to make
> a point
>> or not is irrelevant: The editor gets to decide what he thinks is
>> appropriate.
>> 
>> Doug.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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How many pj's have been submitting photoshopped images and not getting
caught?

JH

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