I think about the Ansel quote as about manipulation - for most of his
day that would have been filters, development (zone system), and
darkroom printing. That's not everything but probably 20% of it. The
other 80% is showing up in Yosemite.
But that's not a photo quote...
On 3/6/2012 3:19 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Bob W<p...@web-options.com> wrote:
My favourite is "Photography is about noticing things", by Elliot Erwitt.
The one I hate most of all is> • “You don’t take a photograph, you make
it.” - Ansel Adams
Pretentious bollocks and does nothing to help anyone take a better photograph.
I understand your annoyance with it, but I don't mind it so much. To
me it suggests that once you realize that it takes planning, practice
and active participation to get successful images, then your
photography will start improving seriously. As opposed to that
mindless drive-by point and click that so many tourists are observed
doing.
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