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Originally Posted by Andy01
Mike, I question that - You & Paul H. are doing the scientific community favours with your own amazing deep space imaging, discovering galaxies etc. but unlike yourselves, I'm purely in it for the aesthetics.
Don't misinterpret that as a desire to cut corners as "One cannot be an artist unless one is a craftsman first".
So my intent to to make visually impactful, unique images that are technically strong as well. (as a relative newcomer to the craft, that's the bit I'm still working on).
For me there is no challenge in being the 35,000th person to capture the same type of image of say M42 with the outcome limited only by one's experience and equipment.
However, I continue to try harder, pushing back the boundaries of tradition & hopefully grow in my image making- thanks to the helpful & constructive criticism from experienced imagers like your good self.  |
All fair enough Andy
. My enjoyment radar
is pretty fluid and I can scan it in both directions, from pure art to pure science but within certain limits and personal preference of course. I was just musing about the "look" of images (particularly with the well travelled objects) and how they stay within my radar band limits
that's all. everyone is free to hammer and contort their own data in any way and as much as they like...aaaand we are all free to react to what we see too...makes it fun
Mike