Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/24

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Subject: [Leica] Forget about teh Alpa, don't sweat the details...
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:42:23 -0800
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Well, obviously good content still needs good techniques. Just saying that
for documentary work, beyond certain levels of good details and techniques,
additional better details do not matter as much.

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at 
earthlink.net>wrote:

> I notice this a lot.....
> Seemingly there is no disgrace in terrible over/under exposure, out of
> focus, badly asymmetric ( not just asymmetric, but bad asymmetry),
> false/bad
> color, overall interest ( specific and sometimes very narrow audience
> appeal, and sometimes who that audience is just escapes me), movement in
> camera or image, grain., or any other standard of "image quality".
>
> Like a lot of Life, interpretation is in the eyes of the beholder.  I just
> wish that someone would think about the image in its entirety before
> relegating it to anything but the circular filing cabinet ( or electronic
> Trash Can).
>
> Content is not king in my eyes.  It must stand up to a higher standard of
> quality as well to make the cut.
>
> I got a chance to look at www.Photo.net  recently to see  what images were
> posted.  Beautifully composed, technically faultless, and they tell a
> story.
>
> I guess I just do not understand......
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at earthlink.net
>
> For documentary work, content is king.
>
>
>
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-- 
// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>


In reply to: Message from richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Forget about teh Alpa, don't sweat the details...)
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Message from richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Forget about teh Alpa, don't sweat the details...)
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