Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks to everyone for commenting - I am glad that a photograph has elicited a variety of opinions. I will have to think about all of them! Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 1:35 AM, R. Clayton McKee <leica at rcmckee.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj > > <jayanand at gmail.com > > > >wrote: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/_1060021-Edit-EditSe > > lCol.jpg.html > > I can handle the B&W; I'd like to see the full color version... > > But this treatment reminds me of far too many bad posters and > "special mystical effect art pieces" that were popular in the 70's > "new age" era. I know the gold is the real color but it does not > feel that way at all. > > It's our job to guide the viewers' eyes where we want them... > > but this doesn't feel like I've been guided. It feels like my head's > been grabbed by a gorilla, yanked into a specific position, and then > welded in place while someone else wedges my eyelids open and a guard > standing over me with a cattle prod demands that I focus on THIS > THING... Or Else. > > It's not really my favorite experience. > > > -- > > > R. Clayton McKee http://www.rcmckee.com > Photojournalist rcmckee at rcmckee.com > P O Box 571900 voice/fax 713/783-3502 > Houston, TX 77257-1900 cell phone # on request > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >