Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/28

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Subject: [Leica] Captions
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:19:04 -0000
References: <C75E6631.5B134%mark@rabinergroup.com> <942E089F-7743-44D4-A974-AC99D528BCC7@gmail.com>
 
"Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote in response to MR's
>> Cute captions are death to a serious image.
>> You want them as bland as possible.
>> Simply descriptive. Or none.
>
> good point Mark...seems if the image works, nothing more need be said...
>
> if it needs to be said, it's cus the image has failed,
>

Strongly disagree. A caption can add to a picture as well as giving the who, 
what, where.... How the blazes can one "Untitled" picture be remembered 
against the visual sea of other "Untitled" pictures.

I like captions, but doctors differ and patients die :-)

Douglas
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Douglas Barry
Bray, Co. Wicklow
Republic of Ireland
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