I stipulate that we both saw the same image. Far as I'm concerned, you're under no obligation to attempt to justify your reaction.
Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At least two viewers. Frank and I both said we liked it. I find it > quite fascinating. The juxtaposition of the person and the dog adds > interest. The jacket that separates the two is sharply in focus, as > the head and the dog become slightly softer background and foreground > elements. Social commentary is irrelevant. The pic is good because > it's compelling and unique. BTW, I frequently cut off the tops of > heads on purpose. If this shot wasn't packed tightly into the frame, > it wouldn't be nearly as good. > Paul > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The was, in some unique way, especially meaningful to one viewer. > That > > doesn't, necessarily, validate it to anyone else. > > I think that's what every photographer and viewer has to realize. > > > > Jack > > > > --- Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > What? Is Godfrey in a 3rd grade photography? :-) Sorry to > appear > > > rude. > > > > > > What is good about this picture? I don't find anything appealing > > > about it. > > > I don't see that it took any more effort than haphazardly raising > the > > > camera > > > to one's eye and pressing the shutter release, maybe not even > looking > > > > > > through the viewfinder. > > > > > > Not only is the main subject not in clear focus, the secondary > > > subject is > > > not either, and both are cut off. I'm not a believer that some > sort > > > of > > > unspoken social commentary, makes a photograph a good photograph. > > > > > > If this is the kind of image that constitutes an incredible > > > photograph, then > > > by God, every person that ever picked up a camera and pressed the > > > shutter > > > release a half dozen times is a good photographer, and we should > all > > > stop > > > trying. > > > > > > Tom C. > > > > > > >On 08/05/07, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I missed this as well. Beautifully captured. Very moving. > > > >>Paul > > > >>On May 7, 2007, at 5:50 PM, frank theriault wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > On 5/5/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> >>>> http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/22.htm > > > >> > > > > >> > I missed this first time 'round. > > > >> > > > > >> > In incredible photograph. > > > >> > > > > >> > Just incredible... > > > >> > > > > >> > cheers, > > > >> > frank > > > >> > > > > >> > -- > > > >> > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > > >> > > > > >> > -- > > > >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > >> > [email protected] > > > >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________ > > ____ > > Never miss an email again! > > Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. > > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
