Mathew I quite agree. I am very fond of music played live or on a good
home system. My guru in this world was a radio engineer. After I spent
the weekend fine tuning my system I invited for a listen. After 15 mins
running it through its pace I said to my friend "wow did you hear those
horns and the great separation?" And he replied no he had just been
listening to the music.
Usually the goal is more important than the process.
Message: 9
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:48:29 -0400
From: Matthew Hunt <[email protected]>
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: OT - Online critics
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On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Daniel J. Matyola
<[email protected]> wrote:
In a recent thread, many sharply criticized one of the most famous
images of AA. ?Is HCB such a god that he is beyond criticism?
I don't think that's really the issue here. Rather, I see two main points:
(1) The commenters are oblivious to the fact that it's a famous
photograph, showing a weakness in the commenters' understanding of the
history of the art form they're critiquing. I see some merit to this
argument, but, really, all of us have to decide where to focus our
attention, and we all have strengths, weaknesses, and gaps in our
knowledge.
(2) Most of the complaints were about the technical quality,
particularly sharpness. This illustrates a widespread belief,
especially in this sort of Internet forum, that perfect technical
quality is essential to a good photograph. If that's someone's
well-considered belief, fine, but it seems like a lot of people hold
this belief without really thinking about it, or without appreciating
how many of photography's past works would be rejected under it. Today
I was engaged in a discussion about whether the Nikon D700 and D800
are suitable for making large prints (in the sense of "Maybe the D800
is, but maybe not the D700.") My response was that if that kind of
statement seems reasonable to you, you're saying there haven't been
many adequate prints in the history of photography. It's a narrow
technical view that, even I as a sensor and instrumentation geek, am
getting weary of. I'm glad for the ever-increasing capabilities of our
equipment, but at some point you need to just look at the picture!
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