> > From: Doug Brewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/05/01 Tue PM 07:23:24 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: Judging Photos > > mike wilson wrote: > > > > > I think that the possible subtleties of "chemical" pictures are being > > lost/abandoned in favour of "smack'em in the eye" colour and graphic > > composition. It's only an impression, which I have no empirical > > evidence for, but two people on this list in the last month have > > mentioned it. My belief is that the preponderance of viewing onscreen, > > using thumbnails to choose which pictures to look at in any depth, > > reinforces this type of selection. > > > > Ah. No, don't think so. Photographers who shoot with subtlety will still > do so, using digital. Just as there were photographers who did "smack > 'em in the eye colo(u)r", graphic compositions with film.
Agreed. My concern is with new practitioners. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net