Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As I have said many times, sharpness is highly overrated. I have said that about some of my photos that came out very sharp as well as the fuzzy ones. If your shot were tack sharp, it would not have the wonderful atmosphere. Good work. -----Original Message----- From: Nathan Wajsman Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2012 12:03 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] PESO: sharpness is a bourgeois concept Of course I meant it! Yeah, right ;-) I credit the same force in the universe for this picture as the one that made me get two flats on a recent two-day cycling trip. Time to sacrifice a goat. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Nov 6, 2012, at 11:29 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > I like this one and I recall the location. The content works well with the > procession of umbrellas pattern. I'm not surprised that the subject likes > it. Pretending for a moment that I am a skilled critic, is it a pleasing > photo because of the softness or despite it? > Two aspects on that softness are that if you meant to do it for atmosphere > you are creative and an artist. If not then you nearly got the shot ;-) > So you meant to shoot it just that way of course. > > Cheers, > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > On 7 November 2012 04:11, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > >> I have sometimes used the above phrase in jest, but there really is >> something to it. >> >> I took this picture in Barcelona last week. The story behind the picture >> is that our office was hosting the trademark offices from the US, Japan, >> China and Korea for an annual meeting of the so-called TM5 group. The >> first >> day of meetings, Tuesday, was followed by a walking tour of Barcelona?s >> old >> city and then dinner. As we were walking out of our hotel, it was >> slightly >> drizzly, so most people took umbrellas with them. Within 10 minutes the >> drizzle turned into a very serious downpour and any thoughts of looking >> at >> the old city were replaced by thought of shelter, any kind of shelter. In >> the end we made our way to La Boquer?a, a covered food market, from where >> we took taxis to the restaurant. >> >> Along the way, I photographed a small group of our visitors being led >> across Pla?a de Catalunya by Lynn, one of our employees: >> >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/20121030-L1008298.jpg.html >> >> Lynn absolutely loves this picture, and so do others to whom she has >> shown >> it. I am going to have it printed for her. Do I wish it were sharper? Of >> course! But I do not believe it is particularly "damaged" by not being >> sharp. It sort of adds to the ambience, I think--and so do lots of >> others, >> apparently. >> >> The lesson? Maybe none, but I think it is something along the lines of >> "just take the damn picture"! >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information