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Re: [OM] PESO: sharpness is a bourgeois concept

Subject: Re: [OM] PESO: sharpness is a bourgeois concept
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 16:39:03 -0500
Yep. Take the picture and let the critics sort it out. They didn't take the 
picture. <g> Like it, by the way.

--Bob


On Nov 6, 2012, at 1:11 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> I have sometimes used the above phrase in jest, but there really is something 
> to it.
> 
> I took this picture in Barcelona last week. The story behind the picture is 
> that our office was hosting the trademark offices from the US, Japan, China 
> and Korea for an annual meeting of the so-called TM5 group. The first day of 
> meetings, Tuesday, was followed by a walking tour of Barcelona´s old city and 
> then dinner. As we were walking out of our hotel, it was slightly drizzly, so 
> most people took umbrellas with them. Within 10 minutes the drizzle turned 
> into a very serious downpour and any thoughts of looking at the old city were 
> replaced by thought of shelter, any kind of shelter. In the end we made our 
> way to La Boquería, a covered food market, from where we took taxis to the 
> restaurant. 
> 
> Along the way, I photographed a small group of our visitors being led across 
> Plaça de Catalunya by Lynn, one of our employees:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/20121030-L1008298.jpg.html
> 
> Lynn absolutely loves this picture, and so do others to whom she has shown 
> it.  I am going to have it printed for her. Do I wish it were sharper? Of 
> course! But I do not believe it is particularly "damaged" by not being sharp. 
> It sort of adds to the ambience, I think--and so do lots of others, 
> apparently.
> 
> The lesson? Maybe none, but I think it is something along the lines of "just 
> take the damn picture"!
\
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