Jack, you need to spend an evening or three viewing the Most Popular images on Flickr and 500px. That will desensitize your eyes and soon you'll be dialing-up the old saturation knob to levels you never thought possible. :-)
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn't read the comments regarding the taking of this image, but I agree > it's the best I've seen of his work. > I doubt, however, I'd have ever allowed myself to saturate the colors to that > extent. Almost certainly my financial loss, in this case. > > Jack > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: ""Pentax-Discuss Mail List"" <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:32 PM > Subject: Re: OT - Online critics > > I must admit, I really like this one. It's the best by far that I've seen of > his work (admittedly I've not seen much). > > But OMG his description of how he took it! Gimme a break! > > BTW, interesting to note that Gursky's Rhine II which is the current record > holder for most expensive photograph was sold on the secondary market. Gursky > didn't make that money, the print's owner did. In Lik's case he was the > seller so the million went into his pocket. > > Cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Tom C <[email protected]> > Sent: March 15, 2012 3/15/12 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT - Online critics > >> >> A whlie back I becames aware that he had sold a photograph of his for $ 1 >> million. This link http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=44121 >> mentions it but I couldn't find an internet link to the image itself. It was >> a very well executed image, but $1 million ? >> >> Kenneth Waller >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tom C" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: OT - Online critics >> >> >>>> I had never heard of him until a recent series about his photographic >>>> trips >>>> on the Weather channel. >>>> >>>> He comes across as bigger than life, a little too aninmated but I think >>>> his >>>> photos speak for them self. >>>> >>>> Kenneth Waller >>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >>> >>> I hadn't heard of him until now. A look at his online gallery left me >>> with mixed feelings, but more positive than negative. I saw some that >>> didn't excite me but overall I thought it was pretty decent, and there >>> were some I thought were excellent. While it looked like saturation >>> was boosted I didn't find it excessively so in most cases. >>> >>> Tom C. > > > There's an image of it here: > http://www.petapixel.com/2011/01/13/australian-landscape-photographer-peter-lik-sells-photo-for-1-million/ > > It's a nice image but the selling price says more about the buyer than > it does about the photograph. > > Tom C. > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
