Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Reproducing reality. Interpreting reality. Creating your own world. 3 different things. 3 different ways of photographing. All 3 can use techniques from the other 2. But all 3 are good. IMO. Nothing to do with old or young guys. :-) Op 17-dec-05, om 20:58 heeft Ted Grant het volgende geschreven: > Ric Carter offered: >> This one for instance attracted because of the brilliant orange >> from the sun on the horizon. When I started working with the >> photo, presenting it the way it looked that day seemed just too >> much, so I turned it down: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/PAW-2005/46bb >> >> In the real world, it actually looked more like this: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Grab-Bag/46bbb >> >> Of course, now, rethinking it, I wonder if I turned it down too >> much??<<< > > Gentlemen what I don't understand in this thread about "changing > the look of Mother Nature's light that attracted you in the first > place?" Like why? > > As in this shot of the old school house. If it were real orange lit > and that's what caught your eye and motivated you to shoot it, why > change it at all? Down load, level and print! That simple! After > all it isn't a commercial assignment to photograph a pound of > butter that must match the colour of the real life butter. This is > out door beautiful light, so why mess with it? > > It's the same as the Steve Unsworth Candy Floss man! >>>> http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/Oneoffs/014.htm<<< > > Why bother messing with it, that's what it looked like and it's > tough on anybody who doesn't like it. I mean if you didn't like the > look of red roses would you make them purple if you liked purple > better? Hell no, unless you were screwing around and wanted to > create some wild and fantasy roses... That's a different can of beans! > > Jeeeeeeeeeeeesh I can't understand why so many of you guys can't > get it through your heads that "LIGHT!" is what makes any > photograph work in the first place. Yes there are occasions when > it's blood and guts all over the place, even that kind of picture > can use the right light to intensify the look! > > Oh well once again it's the old guy!! > ted > > > Ted Grant Photography Limited > 1817 Feltham Road > Victoria BC V8N 2A4 > 250-477-2156 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >