Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Feli: >You lose the competition. People are simply awed by the perfection and >impact of your competitors photoshopped entry. The haunting, un-natural >beauty of the woman in the picture is deemed brilliant and he is hailed >a photographic genius. You point out that the magical glow that >envelops her is actually the result of the highlights being keyed off >the original, blurred and then screened back on top of the original >image. You are branded jealous and a sore loser. Since when did art become a competitive sport? :) If you've created a masterpiece, is it any less of a masterpiece if others don't appreciate it or show it the same reverence that you do? If we're going to have competitions where the results really matter, then we need to make sure the playing ground is equally level. Everybody has to use the same equipment and shoot the same subject at the same time. Everybody has to have their results processed the same. Otherwise, something is going to be unequal or unfair. Ask five photographers for opinions, and you'll end up with six. :) -- Eric http://canid.com/