Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Dec 28, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Douglas Barry 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. that's fine...one will remember the image, not the caption, if it's a strong image. a very subtle nudge may be useful Douglas, but most captions either say what is already evident in a good image, or say what should be there and is not... too many weak photos with strong captions... again ...the better the image, the less it needs a caption, Steve > > I like captions, but doctors differ and patients die :-) > > Douglas > _________ > Douglas Barry > Bray, Co. Wicklow > Republic of Ireland > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information