At 03:54 AM 10/14/99 -0500, you wrote:
>George wrote:
>
>
>> > I say we allow any manipulation that the maker wants. If
>> you allow only
>> > some manipulation, where do you draw the line ?
>> >
>> Which is why I vote for no manipulation. It's " A Day in the
>> Life ", not " A
>> Vision in the Mind of the Submitter. " I want to see an image
>> that is as I
>> *could* have seen if I was where the photographer was when he
>> tripped that
>> shutter.
>
>As soon as the photographer trips the shutter, what he has is an
>interpretation ONLY, it can never be the "real" scene. Just by selecting a
>certain viewpoint, cropping, exposure, etc, etc the photographer has
>deprived you of making a completely objective evaluation of what he has
>captured.
>
I know from my B&W days that there ain't no such thing as "real" - too many
variables that can be manipulated in processing. If you wanted "real" then
slide film should have been specified.
Be seeing you.
Dirk Wright
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