Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My boo boo. Meant for the reflex group. Will re-address. On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 12:06 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Ermm, Frank, all very fascinating I'm sure. I know I've been busy, and > may have overlooked the topic you are talking about, but I haven't seen > anything on this topic on the LUG. Have you been over processing and > included a process that should have been excluded - to whit the LUG > email address when the email should have only gone to LRflex? The > curious need to know. > :-) > Douglas > > > On 09/02/2022 19:24, Frank Filippone via LUG wrote: > > I take exception to the way this topic is going.... uppity. > > > > First, it is about Nature, and not Photo Journalism. Thus, > > manipulation of the image is up to the Artist. There is no right or > > wrong. Anything is fair, that passes the rules of the competition. > > Since it did indeed win, it must have passed the rules. > > > > Second, the image was granted a People?s Choice Award. Which, to my > > way of thinking, it is an award SELECTED by the general population, > > not a judge. The concept of Taste, artistry, technical achievement, > > etc has no standard. It really also is not a concept that was the > > basis for giving it an award. > > > > Third, the general talk that I hear is that the population in general > > LIKES and favors "over saturated" images. Same was true on > > Pictorialism in the early 1900's. It is a FASHION or TREND, not a > > fact. Certainly not a rule. > > > > Last: it all about taste. Maybe not yours, maybe not mine, but, in > > truth, someone had to vote it "Best" of the applicants. Someone liked > > it, best. > > > > So let's not get too uppity.... it is one form of expression that > > someone else liked.... That is all it is.... And judging it, outside > > the rules of the contest in which it was submitted, is unfair to the > > artist, and, in my estimation, pretty petty. > > > > Let's all be a bit more lenient and less judgemental. > > > > my $0.02 > > > > Frank Filippone > > BMWRed735i at gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Frank Filippone BMWRed735i at gmail.com