Re: [OM] IMG: Sunset, II

[Wayne Harridge]

Does art have to be about "the real world" ?

...Wayne



> 
> No, it's time to leave the grain behind.  It's an artifact of old
technology and
> not representative of the real world.
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> 
> On 5/2/2014 6:08 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> >> I understood it to be film.  But I thought the grain was so excessive
> >> as to ruin the image.
> >
> > Um, no. I understand what you are saying, but I find that the grain,
> > in this case, adds a certain classical look to the image which is
> > artistically stimulating. Otherwise, it would be just another
> > run-of-the-mill sunset shot that everybody and their dog gets.
> >
> > The grain accentuation is an artifact of the K64 scanning on a Nikon
> > 4000dpi scanner. Kodachrome is essentially a B&W film with dyes added.
> > Add to this is the fact that any processing (as Joel so eloquently
> > stated) will usually make the grain more aggressive, not less. This is
> > especially true when you do tonal mapping.
> >
> >
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