Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/17

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Subject: [Leica] One off No. 14
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Sat Dec 17 12:34:19 2005
References: <000401c6030c$ca2e7150$0202a8c0@acer81080ea37f> <68BF6C11-8042-483B-9251-31989750B745@pandora.be> <CDC747E5-21C1-430C-8D49-CBAAB5D1340B@mindspring.com> <001501c60344$3f6b1680$2ee76c18@ted>

Reproducing reality.
Interpreting reality.
Creating your own world.

3 different things. 3 different ways of photographing.
All 3 can use techniques from the other 2. But all 3 are good. IMO.
Nothing to do with old or young guys. :-)



Op 17-dec-05, om 20:58 heeft Ted Grant het volgende geschreven:

> Ric Carter offered:
>> This one for instance attracted because of the brilliant orange  
>> from  the sun on the horizon. When I started working with the  
>> photo,  presenting it the way it looked that day seemed just too  
>> much, so I  turned it down:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/PAW-2005/46bb
>>
>> In the real world, it actually looked more like this:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/Grab-Bag/46bbb
>>
>> Of course, now, rethinking it, I wonder if I turned it down too  
>> much??<<<
>
> Gentlemen what I don't understand in this thread about "changing  
> the look of Mother Nature's light that attracted you in the first  
> place?" Like why?
>
> As in this shot of the old school house. If it were real orange lit  
> and that's what caught your eye and motivated you to shoot it, why  
> change it at all? Down load, level and print! That simple! After  
> all it isn't a commercial assignment to photograph a pound of  
> butter that must match the colour of the real life butter. This is  
> out door beautiful light, so why mess with it?
>
> It's the same as the Steve Unsworth Candy Floss man!
>>>> http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/Oneoffs/014.htm<<<
>
> Why bother messing with it, that's what it looked like and it's  
> tough on anybody who doesn't like it. I mean if you didn't like the  
> look of red roses would you make them purple if you liked purple  
> better? Hell no, unless you were screwing around and wanted to  
> create some wild and fantasy roses... That's a different can of beans!
>
> Jeeeeeeeeeeeesh I can't understand why so many of you guys can't  
> get it through your heads that "LIGHT!" is what makes any  
> photograph work in the first place. Yes there are occasions when  
> it's blood and guts all over the place, even that kind of picture  
> can use the right light to intensify the look!
>
> Oh well once again it's the old guy!!
> ted
>
>
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In reply to: Message from lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth) ([Leica] One off No. 14)
Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] One off No. 14)
Message from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] One off No. 14)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] One off No. 14)