Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/28

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Subject: [Leica] Captions
From: rbaron at concentric.net (Robert D. Baron)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:28:15 -0600
References: <C75E6631.5B134%mark@rabinergroup.com> <942E089F-7743-44D4-A974-AC99D528BCC7@gmail.com> <BA9C45E150E04B41A0E6105B570CD684@Family>

Errr, what is the point of that last sentence / statement in the
context of this discussion?


==On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>
> "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote in response to MR's
>>>
>>> Cute captions are death to a serious image.
>>> You want them as bland as possible.
>>> Simply descriptive. Or none.
>>
>> good point Mark...seems if the image works, nothing more need be said...
>>
>> if it needs to be said, it's cus the image has failed,
>>
>
> Strongly disagree. A caption can add to a picture as well as giving the 
> who,
> what, where.... How the blazes can one "Untitled" picture be remembered
> against the visual sea of other "Untitled" pictures.
>
> I like captions, but doctors differ and patients die :-)
>
> Douglas
> _________
> Douglas Barry
> Bray, Co. Wicklow
> Republic of Ireland
>
>


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