On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Lars Bergquist wrote:
> Many of us have the problem that we do not see things -- we see what ought
> to be there. In other words, we see not the outside worlds but our own
> preconceived visual notions. And that is not an exclusively photographic
> problem. When the impressionist painters began to paint shadows blue, there
> was a general outcry. It was 'unnatural'! Didn't everybody know that shadows
> are grey?
Exactly, Lars. What we see (specially in color) has a lot to do with our
current emotional state as well, plus all color perception (as with subtle
changes of temperature) is relative. Very complex stuff.
> There are no 'natural' colours, perspective etc. Visual perception is not
> an automatic mirroring of the outside world.
Right again. <major snips of well-said stuff>. Excellent points clearly
expressed, Lars.
Doris Fang
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