magiccarpetride;624951 Wrote: > You're right, photography can never come even close to how we visually > perceive the world. That is the reason why visual art will never get > supplanted by photography. The optical perspective, governed by the > objective laws of physics, differs from the mental perspective governed > by the inner laws of human psychology. > > For example, if you're surveying a landscape, and then take a photo of > that same landscape, you will notice that the photo doesn't match your > impressions. This is due to the fact that, if you spot a large oak tree > in the distance, your mind, knowing that the tree is rather large, will > actually ENLARGE and augment the raw signal, so that you will perceive > it differently than what the camera lens and the sensor will capture. > > The above is a well known phenomenon which explains why are masterful > works of art more appealing to us than high precision, high resolution > photography. ...and a completely analogous thing happens with ALL of our senses.
The "camera never lies" but our senses do all the time. Blumlein figured this out decades ago (going back to audio)... the aim is maximum suspension of disbelief - not about trying to create a simulacrum of a reality that doesn't exist anyway (as far as any of us can tell!). -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86577 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
