On 30 Dec 2013, at 17:56, Ciprian Dorin Craciun <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: >> Consider the following pictures, for example, which all show a Frenchman >> riding a bicycle, but which are very different technically. Which one is the >> best? Why? > > This is a trick question... :D > >> B) >> http://metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/286639?rpp=20&pg=1&rndkey=20131214&ao=on&ft=*&where=France&who=Henri+Cartier-Bresson&pos=7#fullscreen > > Because the answer is most likely (B), made by HCB. :) (I know > the fable about Flickr group that dismissed this photo as unsharp.) >
It is a trick question, but the answer is not B. The answer is 'it depends on what the picture is for'. > > However indeed it proves a point: for some photos "correctness" > doesn't matter, it's all in the moment or "look-and-feel". (Even I > have a few "failures" that I find better when compared with their > "correct" equivalents.) > > But still, for landscape or macro photography (which seems to be > my main interest), I still find sharpness and correct exposure very > important. > > Ciprian. > > -- 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.
