Bob, a photographer paints with the light and the light changes every second. Knowing the exact hour and geographical position about a classical like "Moonrise" and others famous Ansel Adams photographs (i.e)., you could have the hope to obtain a similar (not identical) result some day.- Carlos --- Bob Shell <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> escribió: > > On Thursday, August 25, 2005, at 08:01 AM, Carlos > Manuel Freaza wrote: > > > If a photograph is a classical like "Moonrise", to > > argue about details makes sense IMO. It's like to > > argue about a classical sculpture, picture, > musical > > work, etc. Is it relevant to argue about the great > > artists and the means and circumstances they used > to > > obtain the results we admire?. Yes, it is > relevant. > > If I used an irony about that Ansel Hernandez that > you > > quoted it was because you were adding confusion > about > > the photo that was the original topic.- > > I disagree. If we were arguing about what film he > used, how he > developed it, what paper he printed it on, how he > dodged and burned it, > etc., it might make sense. > > It simply makes no difference at all when he took > it. The exact > combination of conditions on that day and time will > never be > duplicated. Unless there was some important point > of historical > significance, no one should care. > > Bob > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging > into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > ___________________________________________________________ 1GB gratis, Antivirus y Antispam Correo Yahoo!, el mejor correo web del mundo http://correo.yahoo.com.ar --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list