I actually did want the flash reflection in the clock on a few frames. I liked the effect when I first viewed it, but rapidly fell out of love.
On rare occassions, I've fancied a shot that just didn't work for others. I almost always end up deleting it from my portfolio. After a quarter century in the ad biz, I'm a firm believer in the power of research and consensus. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Lindsey Again > > > > On 11/11/07, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >>Thanks Cotty. But I wanted that highlight blasting out from this > >>shot. It's off the curve, so why not? > > > > If it works for you then it's successful. > > Well, no. That is the attitude that is ruining the art and craft of > photography, amoung other things. An uneducated eye can think the worst of > shite works. > Does that make it successful in any other sense than that a visual moron > thinks it so? > Successful mean it works for a broad audience, not merely the creator or > subject, whose opinions can't be trusted anyway, since they have an > emotional attachement to the work. > I never trust shen someone says they wanted a technical flaw in a picture, I > always presume they missed it when they were making the image, and are > trying to justify it down the road. > > William Robb > > > -- > 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.
