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Subject: [Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice?
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Tue Sep 9 06:21:17 2008
References: <200809080135.AYA95121@rg5.comporium.net> <DC4B73A4105FCE4FAE0CEF799BF84B36013F2284@case-email.casefoods.com>

Well, the point is they like to do it and share it.  Sometimes it is fun to
play with an image.

http://www.sonc.com/nat_geo.htm





On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 4:31 PM, David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com>wrote:

> Is it just me or do other people notice an abundance of overly
> manipulated images out on the web. And I mean manipulated to the point
> that they're surreal. They're like eye candy. Interesting on the
> surface, but not much depth. Some people really know how to ice on a
> cake with Photoshop. It's not easy stuff to do, I'm sure. But I don't
> know what the point is, really.
>
> DaveR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tina Manley [mailto:images@comporium.net]
> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 9:35 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Getting into printing.. need advice?
>
> At 06:40 PM 9/7/2008, you wrote:
> >Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> wrote:
> >
> > >too few people have ever spent any amount of time
> > >truly looking at exemplary photographic prints
> > >made by fine print makers.
> > >
> > >The auto cameras do make
> > >quite acceptable negatives, slides and/or digital images.
> > >It becomes too easy to be impressed
> > >by what current technology can deliver with ease
> > >(without thought or craft)
> > >off the shelf.
> > >Until
> > >one takes the time
> > >to truly look at the work
> > >of fine craftsmen and women;
> > >which suddenly shifts one
> > >into humble mode.
>
> But there is a danger of admiring a beautiful print of nothing.  The
> people who do that with digital prints are called "pixel peepers".  I
> attended a printing workshop with quite a few of them who admired and
> examined with a loupe, beautifully printed photos with no meaning
> behind them other than the technical quality.
>
> "There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept." -- Ansel
> Adams
>
> Tina
>
>
> Tina Manley
> www.tinamanley.com
>
>
>
>
>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA

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