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Subject: [Leica] Image criteria - a Luddite view
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 10:04:46 +0530
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Ted,
In other words, the only important thing is the emotional impact. Right?
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:53 PM,  <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> leo wesson offered:
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Image criteria - a Luddite view
>
>
>> Sharpness is over rated. ?If you look at a lot of HCB photos (the place
>> from
>> which we all spawn), they ain't sharp. ?But damn, they are good! <<<
>
>
> Hi Leo,
> You're absolutely correct!
>
> Some folks get their tails so tied in knots over the techie things and the
> on going super this, that and every other bit of today's massive over burn
> of technological massiveness, they forget what the most important thing
> about an interesting/great/magnificent or not bad photograph is... "THE
> CONTENT AND ?DOES IT GRAB YOU!"
>
> If one were study HCB's photos on the "constant techie stuff of today?" 
> He'd
> be considered a mediocre shooter at best.
>
> Thank goodness that isn't the case, because in his work 99.999% is about
> "FEELING & MOMENT!" ? Not how ticky tackie sharp it is by the latest razor
> blade, bohekie lens made!
> cheers,
> Dr. ted
>
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