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Paintings also offer a level of abstraction that often adds to the aesthetic. Certainly it has its uses in that respect. And I don't begrudge anyone that likes it. Different strokes, and all that. I'm just a philistine, I guess. I never liked paintings that didn't look like photos (I always respected the artist that could do that)**. But then we come to "just take the photo". Of course I did like how paintings...

I never liked Monet, or Impressionism in general. In mentioning abstraction, I was thinking more of the quality that definitely says "painting" to the eye, even though it's very much a sharp, representational image. Again, I'm thinking of the many, many cover paintings in my book collection, and how most of them would look terrible if they were photographs. Of course, part of that is money and effort. Most...

I've never been much for paintings. What's the point when you can take a photograph instead? I appreciate Thomas Kinkade's work. Troy

I've never been much for paintings... ******************* I've never been much for painting because I am no good at it :-}

And I mumble about learning Photoshop... We often don't realize how easy we've got it. Bob

I've never been much for paintings. What's the point when you can take a photograph instead? I would consider that apples and oranges. I will say that I can much easier take a nice photograph than make a mediocre painting. Birgit

My October gallery has both water and bridges, and some fall color, too. http://2dphotography.smugmug.com/Dennis-Email/October-2009/1... Dennis

I went through a 2 bad, cheap generic triggers, 1 corded that stopped working and 1 wireless that was way too inconsistent for my 20d because Canon's compatible remotes at the time were ridiculously priced. I did more research on try #3 and found the Phottix line of wireless triggers. At $50+, not as cheap, but it is a rockin' remote. Maybe I just got lucky, but there were/are a lot of glowing reviews out there about this one....

Hmmm..... I dunno... http://gallery.me.com/dbsf#100142

The PC’s for November are: 1. Water - Water drop, color, splashes, landscapes I took these three snaps in Costa Rica in Oct/Nov with my new Coolpix L20, a fine little pocket camera. No photoshopping or cropping. http://picasaweb.google.com/fleg9bo/DropBox# --fleg