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

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Subject: [Leica] Captions
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:42:18 -0800
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On Dec 28, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Robert D. Baron wrote:

> Errr, what is the point of that last sentence / statement in the
> context of this discussion?


I ignored it, but good question...

Steve


> 
> 
> ==On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>> 
>> "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
>> _________
>> Douglas Barry
>> Bray, Co. Wicklow
>> Republic of Ireland
>> 
>> 
> 
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