On Sep 8, 2012, at 10:19 AM, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote:
> Some truth in the essay. > But just because an image is posted & liked doesn't mean it is well done or > even good. It means in some cases it struck a cord with the viewer on some > level. And I doubt most i phone photos are crafted. > Some of the work on instagram is truly good - not so others. Last December I took some photos of a couple of friends. The lighting was a bit challenging, being under a green gelled fluorescent bulb. I posted a couple of the better ones someplace, and gave my friends copies of all the rest on a disk for their amusement. Last week she asked for an 11x14 print of one of them to give him as a birthday gift. It was one that the composition was nice enough to work with, but the focus was off, and I didn't consider it sharp enough (at least not in the right places) to qualify as a keeper. But, that is the one she really liked, and he was very pleased with it too. It's just another case of how different people have different tastes, and standards by which they judge photos. I did spend a bit more time cleaning it up, and posted three versions, the original cropping and two different treatments of it at 11x14 aspect ratio. This is the one she chose: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7942002710/ -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
