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 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 occasionally use minimal captions to help ME remember a particular image... when people use captions for others they often run the risk of trying too hard ...( comic, ironic, aggrandizing, explaining, or just plain saying something that's not evident in the photo) >>> I like captions, >>> but doctors differ and patients die :-) they sure do, it's terribly sad, and it's all in the interest of trying to give best care... Steve > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information