Jeff Spirer <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > At 03:38 PM 4/10/2005, Bob Maxey wrote: > > > All photographers have a "vision." All photographers use their own > criteria for what makes a good image or a bad image. I demand sharpness. > I want images with proper contrast, shadow detail and highlight detail. > > How is sharpness a "vision"? Sharpness is a technical attribute. Vision > is about what a personal view of the world that a photographer conveys > through their body of work. Well, ask the F/64 group; they seemed to think it was part of their vision. That the images be sharp and contrasty rather than soft and flat was even something of a *revoluationary* vision when they had it. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>