Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: digital in low light
From: Eric Welch <eric@jphotog.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 20:33:24 -0800
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Sorry, in reportage and nature photography, it just doesn't wash. He 
did not witness those scenes exactly as he makes them later. They are 
manufactured creations. It's great that he admits that's what he does. 
It just makes his work significantly less important or meaningful. To 
claim that is ethical flies in the face of the majority of nature 
photographers out there who actually do the work to get their photos 
the right way.

Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA
http://www.jphotog.com

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad 
judgment. - Will Rogers
On Feb 1, 2004, at 10:49 AM, Eric wrote:

> Eric:
>
>> http://www.clarkvision.com/galleries/photo-ethics.html
>
>> Of course, he doesn't consider manipulating reality as unethical.
>
> Maybe we're looking at different pages.  I don't see anything there 
> that
> implies to me that Roger considers manipulating reality as ethical.  
> I've
> visited his site before, and what sticks with me is the opposite.  He
> doesn't manipulate scenes to contain animals that weren't there.  
> He'll use
> his digital prowess in order to create an image that represents what he
> witnessed.  I see nothing unethical about that, especially since he 
> says
> that's what he is doing.
>
>
> Eric
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