On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 8:56 AM, paul stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > I like it for what it is -- a portrait of a woman. Ir's a genre, which for > the most part, seeks only to please and flatter the subject. A lot of > artistic skill is necessary to arrive at a result like that. I'll bet Mona > Lisa had some zits as well, but Leonardo was smart enough to leave them out > of the portrait.
I'm not questioning Bill's skill as a photographer or as a post-processor. Both are beyond reproach. This is simply a genre that I personally don't like - it doesn't speak to me (to put it in cliche'ed terms). A subject can be pleased and flattered without making them look artificial, IMHO. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
