Bob, thanks for the link! --S On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > This is the piece I'm referring to: > <http://www.billjayonphotography.com/The%20Thing%20Itself.pdf> > > > >> >> Hurn & Jay have a lot to say about this question in On Being A >> Photographer. Well worth reading. To summarise, subject matter is >> everything. >> >> B >> >> > >> > Thanks to everybody. >> > It is an interesting question - to what extent does subject matter? >> > Not in the context of this photo, but in general. >> > >> > --S >> > >> > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Charles Robinson >> <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > > On Jan 24, 2011, at 2:51, Bob W wrote: >> > > >> > >>> >> > >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/5382974835/ >> > >>> >> > >>> Tell me what you think even if you do not like it. >> > >> >> > >> as a photograph that shows off the capabilities of the lens it's >> > excellent. >> > >> Light, colour, bokeh etc are beautiful. As a formal composition >> it's >> > quite >> > >> nice. But the subject matter - a middle-aged man, his anorak, and >> > his bald >> > >> patch? Call me unadventurous, but no, not really. >> > >> >> > > >> > > Ditto from me. Nice colors, sharpness, bokeh, etc. But subject= >> (as >> > the kids these days say) "meh" >> > > >> > > -Charles >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Charles Robinson - [email protected] >> > > Minneapolis, MN >> > > http://charles.robinsontwins.org >> > > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> > and follow the directions. >> > > >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > [email protected] >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and >> > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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