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Fatwoul: hey, I never said I liked him-I think he's ridiculously overexposed (the man not the photos) but he is wacky! Also, if I was just starting out, I'd want to include this eccentric Magnum photographer in my viewing..

I will be there thurs day till sat ,got a job come in for the sund, unless the surf goes huge then I get a standin to cover the horse event

On the subject of the relationship with old masters this month's OP has an interesting review of McCurry's latest book which draws paralells with his use of colour and earlier generation's use of tone which I think is valid. There is a generation of fine art an journalistic photographers whose use of colour will be seen to be seminal, in art photography terms, in 20 years time including McCurry...

Totally agree Barry (believe it or not) A friend of mine just traded a 1D Mk2 in for a 20D as she couldnt lug the 1D around all day. Similarly she shoots with Sigma lenses because the L ones are just too heavy for her. Horses for courses and still produces cracking shots ;-)

I have just replied to your other thread about studios but I think the qdvice given by Left Forum two above is spot on in terms of getting your actual photograhy on to the right lines.

Anybody go down t othe comp today the waves though small provided some good action plus the light werent half bad

It works. Good stuff.

^^ brilliant LOL

What I admire about good photographers is their ability to visualise and then create/capture that visualisation. Snap shooting gets you some of the way but visualisation is that extra step to 'greatness?' :-) That there are no ripples in the puddle suggests to me that it was just one person?

Before Tomorrow Comes....Alter Bridge

As Groucho Marx once said: If they put a price on your head, take it.

Whats the fuss about? Günter Grass: What Must Be Said But why have I kept silent till now? Because I thought my own origins, Tarnished by a stain that can never be removed, meant I could not expect Israel, a land to which I am, and always will be, attached, to accept this open declaration of the truth. Why only now, grown old, and with what ink remains, do I say: Israel's atomic...

ROFLMAO That was irony correct ? Absolutley ,theres no such thing as reality as each person sees color diffrently compared to how a sensor or film records it:)

Well Frank, you pays your money and you takes your choice! LOL I'll get my coat and join you! :-)) jas

I think that one of the things we should remember is that we all have a different frame of reference that is in part created by our own physical experiences. Whan a photograph 'works' it does so by eliciting an emotional response from the viewer that is filtered through that frame of reference. It may mean nothing to other viewers, because their reference is different.