Re: [photo-3d] Re: Accuracy Debate

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:25 PM 8/2/2000, you wrote:
>I'll cast my vote for accuracy! I agree that I want to see the
>same thing on the film that I see in the finder, and that's why
>I use Kodachrome. And I agree that I want to find beauty and share
>it with others, not create it. Hopefully this will inspire them
>to look for beauty in their everyday lives. This is not to say that
>if people want to create it, they shouldn't. That is also valid.

I'm also in the "accuracy" camp, though I think that's an inaccurate 
term.  As others pointed out, the color gamuts for positive film are very 
different from those of human perception.  However, I've always found 
Kodachrome 64 looks very "natural" to me.  The colors are totally 
believable, and don't distract from the composition, lighting, etc.

To be controversial, I will say that the act of selection (choosing the 
moment, angle, lighting, etc. in which to take a picture) *is* a creative 
act.  It's possible to take beautiful pictures of ugly things because you 
are *creating* the picture.

-pd


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