Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:41 AM 6/26/2008, Ted Grant wrote: >The Great Filter debate! :-) > >It's the year 3008 and this conversation will still be going on! :-) WHY? > >Simply because some people are amateurs, some are pros and some always seem >to be in one panic state or other over the subject. Certainly when plain >old >fashion common sense will tell you when to use and when not to. > >Absolutely honest experience... I never use them unless for specific >reason: I agree. Horses for Courses. Light 'em up if you have 'em. Use them as necessary. There are no rigid rules, no "one-size-fits-all". Ted, of course, didn't use filters of any kind when he chiseled those epic panels during his stint pulling KP at the Last Supper which later went on to inspire da Vinci in that epic painting, though Ted has never explained why he put that extra hand in his rendition, and even Dan Brown couldn't decipher Ted's idea. You can admit it now, Ted, after all these years: was Alley Oop REALLY as neat a guy as has recently been shown in the comic strip? After all, the Wikipedia article on him indicates that your cave paintings of Oop led to that strip. It must be grand to be the World's Ranking Picture-Maker. Another query: was Caesar as vain as they say about his hair? Weren't you the official Combat Artist during his Gaul campaigns? Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!