> I am sure many PDMLers would disagree with me. I might disagree myself. > But I would like to suggest that one should look at this image > differently: > It is not a documentary/landscape photo. It is a different genre. > It is probably not even just a photo (as a genre). > > Quite often you can see some paintings in a similar "HDR"-like style. > A good examples is the paintings of La Boca, the neighborhood of Buenos > Aires where Tango started. > People create images (based on photos) of that area in a similar style, > see, e.g. here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buenos_Aires_-_La_Boca_-_Caminito_- > _200807i.jpg > and here: > http://goo.gl/ZhZVe > > The interesting thing to me is that almost nobody who responded on this > thread has actually said what was wrong with the image in question. > I guess the assumption is just because it is not natural. It is a > philosophical question is whether the art has to be realistic. > > It reminds me how people had criticized the new, non-orthodox styles in > fine arts (e.g. impressionists, abstractionists, etc.). > > :-) >
you're steering dangerously close to the Van Gogh Fallacy there Igor. "Van Gogh never sold a painting and yet he's now considered a genius. I've never sold a painting, therefore I must be a genius". You're right that it might, in theory, be some new genre that we are too stupid to recognise. But in practice it's not, it's just shit. B -- 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.
