Emily L. Ferguson wrote:
But it might be interesting to take a single image, widely respected
among photographers, and try to come to terms with what makes it great
to each of us.
I think this would be a valuable program. We won't all accept that an
image is actually good, of course; and even apart from that some people
find a special pleasure in tearing down stuff thought to be "great", and
we may have some of those here. But still, I think it would be very
valuable to discuss some photo with at least something of an established
reputation. We probably won't all agree it's great; but let's try to
talk about the ways in which it works well, and the problems it
overcomes, and generally try to figure out why a lot of people seem to
find it a good image.
Let's discuss Galen Rowell's "Cloudy Autumn Morning", which is on the
Mountain Light web site at
<http://www.mountainlight.com/AA-images/aa_1181_480.jpg>
(If this is fun and we want to continue, somebody else pick one next week.)
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