Re: Paschimottanasana

Andreas Freise wrote:
> Why bring up this narrow-minded discussion again? Testing?

Um, no, to me the picture looked half-finished (or less) and I felt
inspired to diddle. I also don't see why the original poster's initials
belong on it and I mentioned that.

> b) Photography is commonly thought of being a form of art

People go on holiday. Some take pictures with their own cameras, some
buy postcards and send home. This guy "bought a postcard and then
claimed to be a photographer".

>    even if the photogrpaher did not build the camera him-/herself.

No, but he did "build" the picture with light, angles, making sure no
fingers were in front of the lens, making sure not to chop off people's
heads, etc. Even point-and-click photography requires some skill if you
want acceptable result.

> Are we having the full amount-of-work versus idea-concept-intention
> discussion again?

I don't mind people using different techniques to reach a good result,
and I don't mind them doing it fast (e.g. I just *love* Figlet...). This
particular conversion required no skill, no work *and* the result
sucked. It just looked lazy to me (all that fly shit in the background
for example).


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