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From: "Rob Studdert"
Subject: Re: Skills - was Re: Sent My Brother to the Dark Side
I tend to agree with Herb, even the overall quality of the images posted
to the
PDML has risen significantly since the widespread adoption of DSLRs.
Content is
often of comparable quality though obviously individuals attraction to
certain
subject matter varies. There are a lot of images that I've seen posted
here in
the last few years that I'd happily hang on my wall. Of the other
non-photo
centric lists that I subscribe to I've also seen a marked improvement in
the
general quality of images presented too.
Consider that photography has suddenly moved from alchemy to something both
understandable and controlable by anyone willing to take the time to educate
themselves to even a rudimentary level.
Five years ago, one of the pet peaves was photo labs, and how crappy they
had become (I remember this, because my skin was rubbed raw a few times. I
haven't heard a photolab bitchfest for some time now).
One of the big advantages of digital is that the photographer is able to
control the process, right from the get go to the final print.
For the advanced photographer, this is a wonderful thing, since now what
they wanted to see is possible to put to paper (or pixels as the case may
be) without the limitations of machine prints.
William Robb
