Re: People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-26 Thread Boris Liberman
Igor, it is hard to tell why, but if you look at any such web community (Photo.RU, Flickr, 500px, whatever) and specifically the top 10, top 12, top whatever, you will see that the visual pattern is very similar. Usually very much processing applied, garish colors, high contrast, with subjects

Re: People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-26 Thread Boris Liberman
On 1/23/2013 11:22 PM, Bob W wrote: * Facebook drives the words friend and like into increasing meaninglessness Awesome! Other words will mutate or be coined to fill the gaps B I can predict what will be the next grand revolution. May be it will even happen somewhen in the late autumn of

RE: People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-26 Thread Bob W
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Boris Liberman On 1/23/2013 11:22 PM, Bob W wrote: * Facebook drives the words friend and like into increasing meaninglessness Awesome! Other words will mutate or be coined to fill the gaps B I can predict what will be

RE: People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-25 Thread lrc
Frank, that's not true. You're the most egalitarian snob I know. knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I would comment on this but I would just sound like an elitist snob so I'll just shut up. ;-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org

Re: People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-25 Thread Igor Roshchin
Frank, Saying something but saying nothing, - that sounds like an elitist snob! ;-) Igor knarftheriault at gmail.com wrote: I would comment on this but I would just sound like an elitist snob so I'll just shut up. ;-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Igor Roshchin str at

Re: People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-24 Thread Doug Brewer
On 1/23/13 2:20 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: A number of factors influence this. In any scene that you gaze at, objects that are brighter, more contrasty, or warmer coloured, all attract your attention over parts of the image that are darker, are in cooler colours, or have less contrast. Taken to the

Re: People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-24 Thread Bruce Walker
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: On 1/23/13 2:20 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: A number of factors influence this. In any scene that you gaze at, objects that are brighter, more contrasty, or warmer coloured, all attract your attention over parts of the image

RE: People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-24 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I would comment on this but I would just sound like an elitist snob so I'll just shut up. ;-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org Sent: January 23, 2013 1/23/13 To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: People like bright (saturated) colors Whatever connoisseurs

Re: People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-23 Thread Bruce Walker
A number of factors influence this. In any scene that you gaze at, objects that are brighter, more contrasty, or warmer coloured, all attract your attention over parts of the image that are darker, are in cooler colours, or have less contrast. Taken to the limit you get the classic HDR look. Then

Re: People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-23 Thread steve harley
on 2013-01-23 10:31 Igor Roshchin wrote I just looked over the first few pages of the most popular photos on 500px.com: http://500px.com/popular Almost all of them (if not all) have saturated colors (or high-contrast BW) that's a good observation I am sure psychologists wrote papers and

RE: People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-23 Thread Bob W
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of steve harley Sent: 23 January 2013 21:14 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: People like bright (saturated) colors on 2013-01-23 10:31 Igor Roshchin wrote I just looked over the first few pages of the most popular photos

Re: People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-23 Thread steve harley
on 2013-01-23 14:22 Bob W wrote None of these things are really new. yes, i understand that; and psychotropic drugs, magic, and meditation are venerable sources of extreme experience too; i guess it is the extent of mass popularization i am noticing, made possible by pervasive media and the

Re: People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-23 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Whatever connoisseurs might say, the large portion of people do enjoy bright, saturated colors. Every so often, PDMLers criticize examples of somebody's oversaturated photos. But there must a be a reason why those things

Re: People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-23 Thread Christine Aguila
I like your explanations, Steve! Funny! Cheers, Christine On Jan 23, 2013, at 3:14 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2013-01-23 10:31 Igor Roshchin wrote I just looked over the first few pages of the most popular photos on 500px.com: http://500px.com/popular Almost all of

Re: People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-23 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 23, 2013, at 11:20 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: A number of factors influence this. In any scene that you gaze at, objects that are brighter, more contrasty, or warmer coloured, all attract your attention over parts of the image that are darker, are in cooler colours, or have less