Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 5, 2005, at 11:04 AM, Eric wrote: > 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? :) There is no sport more competitive. ;-) > 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? No. Many masterpieces are above the comprehension level of 'the mob'. ;-) > 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. True, but like I said, if you are going to have a contest, you have to have different categories that the contestants compete within. You are not going to enter a shortfilm and a feature in the same competition. Both are films, but very different beasts. You're probably not going to have a guy on a motor scooter compete in the Tour de France. > > Ask five photographers for opinions, and you'll end up with six. :) If B.D. is one of them, maybe seven! 8-) > Eric > http://canid.com/