Yokosuka Mike
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Fujifilm X-pro3
Fujinon 35mm f2 (yeah baby!)
Yokohama, Japan - March 2020
All the best,
Mike
Fujinon 35mm f2 (yeah baby!)
Yokohama, Japan - March 2020
All the best,
Mike
"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept"
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MJ Buckpitt
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When you worry about metering and not focussing
When you worry about metering and not focussing
Longfellow Bridge, Boston, MA
by Mel Buckpitt, on Flickr
When you worry about metering and not focussing
Longfellow Bridge, Boston, MA
by Mel Buckpitt, on Flickr
Mcary
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M9, Summicron 28mm B&W 10ND filter handheld 1.5 seconds
Yokosuka Mike
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Sigma Sd Quattro H
Sigma 35mm f1.4 DG "Art" lens
Yokosuka, Japan - April 2020
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Mike
helen.HH
To Light & Love ...
Damaso
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Henry
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A rabbit in the snow, late 2019, west Texas
Damaso
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Yokosuka Mike
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X-Pro3, Fujinon XF 60mm f2.4 R Macro lens
Astia film simulation
Yokosuka, Japan - May 2020
All the best,
Mike
Damaso
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Yokosuka Mike
Abstract Clarity
X-Pro3, Fujinon XF 60mm f2.4 R Macro lens
Astia film simulation
Yokosuka, Japan - May 2020
All the best,
Mike
charjohncarter
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LCSmith
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Question: Is this thread for photos taken with unsharp lenses, or for photos taken at slower shutter speeds, or for photos taken with missed focus?
Yes, I think so. 🙂 And where the lack of sharpness somehow is an attribute to the photo. Just MHO...
charjohncarter
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In my last image it is missed focus, it was a new (to me) IIIc with Summar f2.0 (1964).
Tati
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Damaso
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Henry
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I love this one!
grouchos_tash
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My interpretation of HCB's statement is that the pursuit of sharpness is a rich guy thing that doesn't necessarily result in a meaningful photo, just a technically better one (possibly only accessible to the wealthy?). Some people complain that super high quality lenses produce 'sterile' images for example.
Does Daido Moriyama have more or less legitimacy as an artist vs Jeff Wall?
I'm reminded of the story of a back and forth between Hemingway and Faulkner which you've probably already heard...
Faulkner on Hemingway: "He has never been known to use a word that might cause the reader to check with a dictionary to see if it is properly used"
Hemingway in response: "Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?"
Was Faulkner being the literary equivalent of a gear snob or a pixel peeper? Haha!
To some, excellent photos are about composition, emotion, story telling etc more than how technically proficient they are. I'm often impressed by both 😀