Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Uncle If I may be so bold as to be intrusive, I?m with you on this one. When I was young, courts trusted photos as evidence. We now live in fallen nature and times. Dan K Sent from my iPhone > On 20 Oct 2017, at 6:47 AM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > > Hi Tina, > All this electronic nonsense is ridiculous! Sure the "new Breed of > shooters" > and probably some of the older ones will see good in all this manipulation > garbage as "a good thing." But I see it as nothing more than a form of > "cheating!" A system for a cheap-ass pseudo "photographer????????????" to > kind of making he or she looking not bad at all?" > It indicates he or she is a sloppy shooter. Sure a slight bit of > re-touching > on a portrait much along the minor touch here and there as in the olden > days > portrait world. Is OK. But manipulating photos to the extent shown here > should be illegal! Well maybe not quite? However, as shown on the screen > the > face can be changed to such an extent you can hardly recognize the person? > Great for the bad guys of the world these days as they slip about the > planet > killing and bombing people! So OK I'll stop rambling! > However the manipulation techniques coming upon us are of no use to true > photojournalists'. Certainly those who shoot what catches their eye- lens > tripping finger that's given them great careers of several 100,000,s or > more > untouched negatives and transparencies in a National Archives in many > countries. That otherwise with to-days manipulative systems would not be in > collections as truthful photos of a countries development over the years. > As in my case already in the National Archives of CANADA are 280,000 IMAGES > ALONG WITH ANOTHER 100,000 in the National Art Gallery of CANADA. It's > considered the largest photo collection by a single photographer in the > history to date in Canada. > Me? Well I don't think I'll be rushing out to buy a piece of junk in the > electric world of today! :-) GOOD LUCK EVERY ONE! > cheers, > Dr.ted grant O. C. > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of > Tina Manley > Sent: October-19-17 6:16 AM > To: MUGers at yahoogroups.com; Leica Users Group; paw; seephoto; Olympus > Camera > Discussion > Subject: [Leica] Moving Stills > > PESO: > > This is just plain creepy: > > http://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-41668704/still-photographs-spring-to-l > ife > > Tina > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/ > Tina+Manley.html > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information