Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rob wrote: 'the pictures are sort of emotionally neutral, or detached. I feel that landscape is a genre which requires an emotional input of some sort, and that is what I was missing. That can take the form of weather, lighting, or many other more or less clichéd tricks - like heavy burning in. I feel your pictures were missing this dimension, although they are very successful formally. ' I had just finished e-mailing Graham to say how impressed I was with his landscapes when I read Rob's comments above. I cannot tell you how much I disagree with these sentiments. The last thing that these very well observed, cleverly composed images need is a bunch of gimmics to make them eye catching. They are a superb set of photos of that turn some un-dramatic scenery into excellent pictures. Don't fall into the temptation of grade 5 paper, red filters, starbursts and all that b*ll*cks and keep walking and clicking. Somewhere up there James Ravilious is watching over you. Johnnie - --------------------------------------------- Johnnie Pakington Camden London UK E: johnnie@bbpr.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html