Bill said: >Nice angle. When you get down to it, I think you might be correct. We all, >I'm sure, remember times when we have shown our work. We begin to explain >how it was created and almost instantly lose the listener's attention. They >really don't care, and furthermore is not our goal to produce a pleasing >image or ....is it to show off our technique? Recently I contributed an image to a local exhibition and the photograph was not recognizable as anything that almost anyone would recognize. Some members of the visiting audience seemed to "compliment" the image but almost 100% of them wanted to know what it was or how it was made. Some were somewhat indignant when I suggested that if either of these things were "divulged" the image would lose its appeal. Anyway, bending to this indignation I proceeded to explain that it was a layer of vibrating acetone photographed in a reflection schlieren beam. Faces dropped and interest evaporated. OTOH, maybe it was never there?! Can you win in situations like this? Maybe it is best to be a realist? :) andy
