Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mar 1, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > Ted, it is just a Japanese word that is short for "out of focus background" > and there has always been good out of focus background and bad out of focus > background, when you use fast or long lenses. > > I'm an old fart too, and I find it a useful term. Nothing to get your > panties bunched up about. +1 (also from an aging fart) Photography can be discussed from many different points of view. The moment of exposure can be important: magic moment, decisive, historical moment. The aesthetics can be important: composition, color, texture, line, tonality, light The rendering quality (another subset of aesthetics) can be important: bokeh, grain, noise, fringing, optical anomalies The science can be important: botanical, fauna, astronomical, anthropological, sociological, micro - macro - telescopic The most astounding photographs pay a good deal of attention to one or more of the above. When a photograph reaches the heights of all of the above - we refer to them as masterpieces: as the "photographer" has accomplished the right place at the right time with the correct equipment and with artistry and technical perfection. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist