Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:28 PM 11/6/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Tina, >I have to admit that the standards in N. Carolina for journalism are way >too high. The image of the firefighter with the background burned out >is very borderline, but what disappeared was a very out of focus >background that contributed nothing to my understanding of the image. >The others are truly not enough different to matter. I've been out of town and missed the follow-up discussion, but I agree, Don. I defended Patrick on the NPPA list (he's one of the Observer's best photographers) and got jumped on for condoning manipulation of photographs. According to some of the opinions here, it would have been better for Patrick to move the firefighters to a place with a less cluttered background and repeat their hug of grief for the camera. I don't think burning out the background affects the truth of the photograph nearly as much as directing the subjects before the photograph is taken. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html