Yes there were certain images I did like but the ratio was about 1 out of 15. The drink on the airplane tray was a very good image. I also liked the low angle tricycle and the portrait of the man in western garb with the bright bowtie. Probably a handful of others.
If there was something about the colors I should be getting, I guess I didn't get it. It looked largely like images shot on color film from that era looked. The fact that I can't remember very many of the images I saw speaks to how I felt. I remember the ones I liked and the ones I hated, but nothing of the vast majority in between. Tom C. On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Boris Liberman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 5/12/2010 4:45 PM, Tom C wrote: >> >> A bad photograph is one that a person sees once and never cares to >> look at again. >> >> Tom C. > > Tom, I am thinking (in fact I am recalling having been told by someone else) > that unsuccessful photograph (notice, not bad per se) is one that a viewer > will forget very soon after they look at it. And the sooner the viewer > forgets (assuming they have healthy memory) the worse the photo is. > > Naturally, it goes the other way. Good photos are those that you remember. I > am thinking that really good photos are those that you try to shoot yourself > on a whim, like going along the Chicago street, seeing a scene, making a > shot and immediately thinking - "gee, I saw that shot made by (Juan Buhler > *wink*); mine is somewhat similar"... > > Now, in both cases these notions are strictly individual. I think it was > Doug who said that he quite liked the Eggleston, whereas I remember > discussing it with AnnSan and may be with mister Robb and others that I have > hard time comprehending it because I am not American by a long shot - it > does not grab me. Having said that I still remember that wonderful > photograph of a light from the plane window going through a glass of some > drink and two ladies holding their cigarettes. > > Boris > > > -- > 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.
