i._g. Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 French is not foreign. English is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackers_. Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 I'll let it go Joel, but somebody's gonna latch on to that phrase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis_couvillion Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 But, Al...all that aside, wouldn't you agree that back-lit photos have a certain "je ne sais quoi." ;>) Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asher Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Downtown Boston, early fall.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asher Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Figures- the one time it works.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom h. Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 The tem "contre-jour" is a specific phrase, used usually by painters and artists(not just French ones), to describe a viewpoint into the light source. I learned the term in art college and used it here in the interest of descriptiveness, not pomposity. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis1 Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 booo<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis_couvillion Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Tom: I didn't think you were being pompous and I hope you weren't offended by my remarks. Just trying to add a little levity (as usual). Regards, Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Sorry if I insulted anybody with my own attempts at levity. Yes, it's a common term in the art community. To anyone outside of that sub culture it's a pair of French words whose combined meaning translates poorly into what John Campbell used to refer to as Standard North American Anglic. I can be as obtuse or pompous as the next guy, but considering that this forum is read and contributed by people from all over the planet, whose native languages span a wide variety of dialects and regional variants, perhaps we should all attempt to write in such a manner that we can all understand one another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 I don't know, Dennis. I wonder what Harvey would say?. You've even got Al started now!.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom h. Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 (in best De Niro) You guys. tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas_moraitis Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Summicron 50, Reala<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis_couvillion Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Jeez, Allen...you see what a bad influence that trouble-maker Harvey can be. I wasn't like this before...I swear. ;>) Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 You want to careful Dennis, Clint, is on the Forum with a fairy wand, he might want to make yor day. Harvey would not approve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackers_. Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Dennis, Halle's hair looked great last night on Leno. Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis_couvillion Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Bob: Thanks, man; we appreciate it. Did you see the article about her yesterday in USA Today (USA Yesterday?)? Gotta run... the pharmacy just called. My Viagra is ready. Later... Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackers_. Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 50s or 100s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis_couvillion Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 100's.....you know, it being the weekend and everything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackers_. Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 50s make my ears red enough; fortunately they don't get any bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivier_reichenbach Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Nice exercise in flare resistance. Sorry, not Leica. What I call the «Leica M of SLRs», Olympus OM.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_lo_..._t_o Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 M3. 75mm Heliar.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd thacker Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Contre-jour is shooting "into the light." Backlit is backlit, or, silhouetted against the light. Not really the same at all. AFAIK, the U.S. is the only part of the English-speaking world where "contre-jour" shots don't commonly have a specific name - contre-jour - and instead are called, "shot into the light," if they're called anything at all - probably because we're afraid of sounding "pompous" - or because we're afraid to pronounce "contre-jour." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougmiles Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 ___<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike dixon Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 <center><img src="http://mikedixonphotography.com/jamiebw01.jpg"></center> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis_couvillion Posted November 16, 2003 Share Posted November 16, 2003 "probably because we're afraid of sounding 'pompous' - or because we're afraid to pronounce 'contre-jour.'" Quel dommage! ;>) (Dixon, very nice shot. How do you find them? Hope you've recovered from your trip.) Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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