Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> >> What does it matter if it's natural or not if the image looks good? Here >> is some text from Lotte H. Eisner's book "The Haunted Screen": >> >> "The double lighting is definitely a violation - a violation of nature, if >> you like. But if it is a violation of nature, I add immediately that it >> is >> superior to nature. I say that this is a master stroke, and proves that >> with genius art is not entirely subject to the necessities imposed by >> nature but has laws of its own." -- Goethe, during a discussion on a >> Rubens >> landscape in which two sources of light can be seen: Eckermann"s >> Conversations, 1827. >> >> Alan Rubens probably used a Camera Obscura on the Split Shift. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/