Thanks, John. Dan M
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 10:51 AM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: "Daniel J. Matyola" >> >> I took the image because something about the sculpture grabbed my >> attention and held it. I tried to capture the feeling that it aroused >> in me when I faced it. I tried to make it look more like a statue -- >> or even a head -- than just a mask. I tried to bring out the slight >> discolorations and the textures to make it more three dimensional. In >> the end, however, it is merely a reasonably decent copy of the >> original, as you point out. > > So what? > > "A reasonably decent copy of the original" might make a good illustration in > an otherwise boring text book; a worthy use for a photograph in my opinion. > And it has an added dimension for you because of the memory attached. > > We don't have the memory, but the photo at least takes us inside the museum > as well as any museum catalog does. > > Even if it ain't "great art", it's a good photo. > > -- > 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.
