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Subject: Re: [OM] TOPE: Landscapes
From: Roger Wesson <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 18:07:17 +0000
Somehow just managed to press 'send' entirely by accident - here's all
of what I was trying to say.

Until today I thought I had it all worked out and knew what a landscape
was - now I'm not so sure!

To me, landscape means geography, and landscape photos (which I think is
what almost all my photos are) would definitely include coastlines,
rivers, icebergs, etc etc, which it seems some of you might exclude.  A
cityscape can't be a landscape because it's man-made.  However, man-made
objects don't, I think, preclude a shot from being a landscape.

So, for example, I'd consider this shot of a river to be a landscape
shot:

http://www.worldtraveller.f9.co.uk/photo/photos/hellasunset.jpg

But I'd consider this shot of a river to be a cityscape, and definitely
not a landscape:

http://www.worldtraveller.f9.co.uk/photo/photos/paris.jpg

These two shots are in the grey area, but I'd still call them landscapes

http://www.worldtraveller.f9.co.uk/travel/zambia-malawi/photos/006.jpg
http://www.worldtraveller.f9.co.uk/photo/photos/hadrianswall.jpg

And here's one in the grey area that I'd call a cityscape:

http://www.worldtraveller.f9.co.uk/travel/australia/2001/photos/sydney/au03-s03-22.jpg

One thing I'm sure of - a 'scape of any sort must be focussed at
infinity.  Anyone agree?

Roger

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