Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]HOLA PAUL! Yes, you are right, on a landscape it is a decisive moment too! Hasta luego amigo Luis -----Mensaje original----- De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org]En nombre de Paul Enviado el: domingo, 27 de febrero de 2005 0:12 Para: Leica Users Group Asunto: Re: [Leica] Is that so wrong? Buenas Luis! I'm not sure if I agree with you about landscapes - there can be just as unique a moment in a landscape photograph as in any other kind of photograph. Think of the shadow of a cloud moving across a hillside. Luego, tio! P. ******* Paul Hardy Carter www.paulhardycarter.com ******* On 26 Feb 2005, at 23:53, Luis Ripoll wrote: > Hi Paul, > > I prefer too the traditional photography, but finally photography is > the art > of - not produce - CAPTURE images, the unique art of the decisive > moment. I > like of course the photographic landscapes, but we capture an already > beauty > image that probably a painter could do it better. > > IMO, this is my opinion > > Saludos desde Barcelona > Luis > -----Mensaje original----- > De: lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+luisripoll=telefonica.net@leica-users.org]En > nombre de > Paul > Enviado el: sabado, 26 de febrero de 2005 22:26 > Para: Leica Users Group > Asunto: Re: [Leica] Is that so wrong? > > I think it's a question of definition. Photography, for me, has always > meant the action of light on chemicals to create an image. I wish > someone would come up with a word to describe the production of digital > images and then we could all know what we're talking about. > > Producing an image on a computer and calling it a photograph is as > preposterous as producing an image in a camera and calling it a > drawing. > > P. > > ******* > Paul Hardy Carter > www.paulhardycarter.com > ******* > > On 26 Feb 2005, at 21:41, Philippe Orlent wrote: > >> Using a photographic technique to obtain what one envisions in his >> mind, is >> that so wrong? >> Does everybody see reality the same way, BTW? >> As long as an image does not mislead (morally f.i.) the viewer, >> there's >> nothing wrong with it, IMO. >> Or is photography a mere reproduction technique? >> And then how about deciding about under and overexposure, DOF, >> printing >> techinques etc? Doesn't that influence "what I'm looking at represents >> a >> thing, person, time, and place that actually existed", too. >> >> This is one of the most interesting discussions possible about >> photography >> ATM. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information