Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I saw these, said "Ugh" to myself and went somewhere else to surf. After all, it takes all sorts of taste to make up the world. To each his own. If you enter in competitions it makes sense to see who the judges are, where their tastes lie, and submit accordingly. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 8:57 PM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Frank was referring to an email from the Leica Users Group. Here is the > link for those interested in what started the whole discussion. > > > https://petapixel.com/2022/02/02/the-winners-of-the-international-landscape-photographer-of-the-year-2021/ > > Aram > > > On 2/9/2022 12:05 PM, Douglas Barry 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 > > > > > -- > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information