Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George - Your posts always give me something to think about. Thanks! Tina On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 2:53 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com