Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 2/2/2005 10:02:10 A.M. Central Standard Time, bdcolen@earthlink.net writes: >>Certainly pointing this out in a pleasant, constructive manner is >>preferable to jumping on someone's head ;-), but not pointing it out >>doesn't do anyone any favors.. Part of my earlier point was that he commented in the first posting that what attracted him was the color; I concluded he meant it to look that way, and that the capture was significant to him in other ways than color balance. Personally I usually take a different tack, especially since I have acquired skills with PhotoShop. Since there is no standard that can make our appreciation and judgement the same as one another regarding color, I don't comment on it in someone's work. BD continues: >>>.unless, of course, the idea of posting >>photos here is to post them with the expectation that we will always >>receive universal and resounding praise. And maybe that is the idea. :-) I like it when I get praise, and I'm disappointed when someone pans my pix, especially when they don't say why. I've got to tell you that this picture got such mixed reviews it would make your head spin. _http://www.sonc.com/man_at_festival.htm_ (http://www.sonc.com/man_at_festival.htm) It too was shot on daylight film, under tungsten light; some people responded that it was the best picture they ever saw from me, and a couple said it was the worst POS I could have posted. Go figure. I still like the shot of the guy in the Paris cafe. Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish