michaellinder Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Equivalents 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 JDM, I have the feeling you inadvertently omitted the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 JDM, I have the feeling you inadvertently omitted the OP. I've puzzled over this for a few days. "Omitted the OP"??? There's something here you are assuming that I don't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 I've puzzled over this for a few days. "Omitted the OP"??? There's something here you are assuming that I don't understand. JDM, that was my foolhardy sarcasm getting the better of me. Yet, I'd appreciate a quick explanation regarding the abstract characteristics of your image. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy Vongries Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Michael, you'll never guess the title. :D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 I'd appreciate a quick explanation regarding the abstract characteristics of your image. I see plenty of abstractness in his image. It’s just not black and white. 1 "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 JDM, that was my foolhardy sarcasm getting the better of me. Yet, I'd appreciate a quick explanation regarding the abstract characteristics of your image. I'm still puzzled. 1. most centrally - cloud pictures are in some ways at the very core of "abstract" photography - I even labeled it "equivalent" in reference to Stieglitz's famous (ca. 1929) series. 2. more peripherally, I hope that we are not going to get into some kind of definitional 'standard' of the sort that nearly crippled the Nature forum and pretty well did in the Street forum altogether in the old original P.net. 3. I took B&W to indicate monochrome, and the image is heavily desaturated. I thought that was monochrome enough. Apparently not to everyone's satisfaction. Why can't we all just get along? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 I was pointing out that it's not black and white. I was not suggesting it not be posted for that reason. I just thought it was ironic that Michael was concerned about the abstractness of a photo with obvious abstract character and didn't notice it wasn't black and white as he'd requested. Getting along is easy, even with photographic disagreements and challenges. 1 "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 I'm still puzzled. 1. most centrally - cloud pictures are in some ways at the very core of "abstract" photography - I even labeled it "equivalent" in reference to Stieglitz's famous (ca. 1929) series. 2. more peripherally, I hope that we are not going to get into some kind of definitional 'standard' of the sort that nearly crippled the Nature forum and pretty well did in the Street forum altogether in the old original P.net. 3. I took B&W to indicate monochrome, and the image is heavily desaturated. I thought that was monochrome enough. Apparently not to everyone's satisfaction. Why can't we all just get along? JDM, had I entitled the thread "Monochrome," your point #3 would be moot. Black and white, I take it, is a more restrictive category than monochrome. Also, I must apologize for my lack of familiarity of photography's history. Having said this, I yield to your statement about cloud photos. Finally, I have no intent whatsoever to define standards for this forum. That, if needed, would be a task for Moderators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 I was pointing out that it's not black and white. I was not suggesting it not be posted for that reason. I just thought it was ironic that Michael was concerned about the abstractness of a photo with obvious abstract character and didn't notice it wasn't black and white as he'd requested. Getting along is easy, even with photographic disagreements and challenges. Sam, I must do some self-disclosure. Sometimes when viewing images in this forum and those in No Words, I may be in too much of a hurry, since all I really have to do is to click on the like button. In the case of JDM's image, I suspect that the presence of other recognizable elements besides the clouds led me to think that it wasn't an abstract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Michael, in another thread recently you mentioned having a personal distaste of the LIKES function. If that’s the case, why would you consider that “all I really have to do is click on the like button”? Why would any of your attention be going to a system you claim not to respect. You are one of the more ubiquitous distributors of likes, to the point where it often looks like you simply run down a page distributing them with no other purpose than simply to do it. "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 Michael, in another thread recently you mentioned having a personal distaste of the LIKES function. If that’s the case, why would you consider that “all I really have to do is click on the like button”? Why would any of your attention be going to a system you claim not to respect. You are one of the more ubiquitous distributors of likes, to the point where it often looks like you simply run down a page distributing them with no other purpose than simply to do it. OK, Sam, whatever you say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 By the way, Sam, the statement of mine you quoted was from a totally different context. In that regard, I simply was making a comparison between PN1 and PN2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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