Kind of the opposite of this recent photo: http://freepressinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/barack.jpg
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Gonz <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/10/09, Christian <[email protected]> wrote: >> Bob W wrote: >> >> >> > >> > Adding or removing elements breaks the causal relation between the picture >> > and the subject and adds an entirely different dimension to >> > the truth-value of the picture, >> > >> >> What about choosing which elements to include by a simple step to the left >> or right before tripping the shutter? >> >> I can make (former) President Bush look like a total ass (literally) be >> framing his head just right with a background element (as was done in a >> certain image where he appeared to have long donkey-ears due to a certain >> background feature). Or I can make one step to the left and not include >> that element. The inclusion of the element was a conscious decision. >> > > That reminds me of a pic taken of Obama I saw during the election that > someone sent me via email. The angle and exposure were deliberately > chosen to darken his skin and make his ears stand out more, giving him > a monkey like look which probably was intended to influence some > voters. > > > -- > Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to > rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely > talk; we must act big. > - Theodore Roosevelt > > -- > 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. > -- ~Nick David Wright http://pedalingprose.wordpress.com/ -- 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.
