Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry for the over-reaction...(What a shock, B.D. over-reacted!:-) ) As to chucking it...I have the same impulse when I look at work by people like Eugene Richards...I say 'what the hell am I wasting my time for, and why have I got all this money tied up in equipment?' -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Richard F. Man Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 8:30 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Born At Risk... Heh, I was just being tongue in cheek. You know I have the greatest respect for your photos. In fact, now that I have done some "travel photos," I have a lot of respect on Karen's Ethnophotography and Tina's stuff. It is so darn tough to shoot what you guys do!!! When I look at my photos, I almost feel like chunking the whole setup out the windows and take up something else.... At 06:03 AM 8/1/2004, B. D. Colen wrote: >Thanks, Richard - I think. But how about a reality check here...Tri-X >shot at 800 "look(s) like crap as large prints" unless viewed from an >appropriate viewing distance - just as digital looks like crap unless >viewed at proper viewing distance. I have seen images shot with a 5 mgp >sensor blown up to 30x40, and if viewed standing back - as they are >designed to be viewed - they are magnificent. Step right up to them >and, just as prints from film would look like buckets of golf balls, so >to the prints from digital.... // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please use richard@imagecraft.com)