Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The difference is that some higher-up at the paper saw this as a defensibly valid excuse to broom an employee who had a) ticked-off some folks or b) had the temerity to accept a salary for his work. Or both. Still, I can't believe the offended/offending paper--or any paper--would be so short-sighted or short of revenue to substitute the unschooled snaps of amateurs over the work of full-time pro. I envision a mid-2007 editorial meeting: "Ready. Aim. Fire. Dang...that our collective foot, wasn't it?" -Chris Lawson -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> > Tell me: what is the difference between a backlit fireman ladder > against a brownish sky with dimmed sun and against an orange sky with > brighter sun. Does it make those firemen more heroic? Would they be > less heroic against the brownish sky? Would they be less fighting a > fire against a brownish sky? > > > > Op 29-sep-06, om 20:34 heeft B. D. Colen het volgende geschreven: > > > That depends upon what he "saw" prior to shooting, versus what the > > objective > > visual reality was, doesn't it? > > > > > > On 9/29/06 2:02 PM, "Philippe Orlent" <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> > > wrote: > > > >> This is completely ridiculous. If the man saw the images that way > >> when he shot them, and it didn't turn out as he had envisioned > >> photographically, what is worng with this kind of manipulation? It > >> does not alter the truth, does it? > >> > >> Op 29-sep-06, om 12:50 heeft Tina Manley het volgende geschreven: > >> > >>> At 11:01 PM 9/28/2006, you wrote: > >>>> What was the real story there? > >>>> > >>>> I sure didn't get it looking at the photo. > >>>> > >>>> Ric > >>> > >>> http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp? > >>> vnu_content_id=1002914629 > >>> > >>> Patrick had had awards taken away before when he increased the > >>> contrast in some photos to make them more dramatic. This time he > >>> boosted the color to match what he said he remembered but didn't > >>> capture when he shot into the sun. None of the changes affected > >>> the meaning of the photos. They were all alterations that could > >>> have been made in the darkroom if he had been shooting film. > >>> > >>> Tina