On 5/18/05, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's a difference between sharpness and focus, and while sharpness may > not be as important as some make it out to be, proper focus is.
Sure, focus is important. But, sometimes, a photo is worth showing even if the focus is missed. Sometimes other characteristics of a photo are such that a deficit of technical prowess is overcome or at least compensated by (for instance) emotional impact. If I had a choice ot showing a photo that was technically perfect, but had nothing to say, or a photo with glaring technical errors but that I thought communicated something important, guess which one I'd show? All that being said, my "sharpness is an over-rated concept" thing was pretty much a joke. I didn't think I needed the smiley. <g> cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
