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jeremyrh

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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #20 on: April 17, 2012, 03:08:49 am »

Maybe Jeff was wrong...
NOW you're in for some trouble !!  ;D
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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #21 on: April 17, 2012, 10:02:33 am »

Could I be the "Ruler or Radiance"? Or even the "Lord of Illumination"?
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Slobodan Blagojevic

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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #22 on: April 17, 2012, 11:40:52 am »

You may have the honor of addressing me as The Luminous Leader!

P.S. The top rank, The Great Luminous Leader , TGLL, or TiGer LuLe, is reserved, of course for MR

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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #23 on: April 17, 2012, 11:55:16 am »

 ;D

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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #24 on: April 18, 2012, 04:22:18 am »

I think that exchange just about sums up why this suggestion from Tony is an idea which is doomed to failure.

Nice one, Slobodan  ;)

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Tony Jay

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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #25 on: April 18, 2012, 05:46:10 am »

It was just an idea...

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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #26 on: April 18, 2012, 06:22:34 am »

It was just an idea...

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Tony Jay



You're lucky most of mine get strangled at birth!

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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #27 on: April 18, 2012, 07:27:37 am »

It was worth putting the thought out there...

Sometimes reasonable ideas fail and sometimes the most counterintuitive ideas pass muster.
I will confess to being a "beginner" in the forum world, LuLu being the first, and so far only, forum to which I contribute.
I don't mind bouncing ideas off individuals here because, by and large, the LuLa community consists of individuals with massive experience and expertise in the art and science that comprises photography and fine art printing.
The reason I was attracted to LuLa was to learn - occasionally I can contribute, but much more frequently I learn.

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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #28 on: April 18, 2012, 09:31:29 am »

Tony

I was once quite keen on the BJP site (British Journal of Photography) where I met several people with whom I still correspond, years later. The problem there was that the folks running it didn't really seem to spend any time policing it. I was less than enthusiastic about some of the foul-mouthed people that posted there, and nothing was done to make them polite and not abusive, and I mean truly abusive. In the end, I gave up and a fresh site was created by some of us old BJP members. Problem there, really, I think was one of critical mass and diversity. I think that the chat/forum part of the BJP site has now been closed down...

LuLa has one great advantage, as far as I can make out, and that's that it is run by people who know practical photography inside out. Also, it allows threads to develop without too much interference, and they are also allowed to expand beyond the basic premise of their foundation, often leading to humour, more unexpected information and the sense of a living organism.

I've looked at a few other places, but though they also seem to have some good people, there's just something here that's different in a manner that appeals to me. So, unless I get hoofed out, I hope to stay.

Rob C

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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #29 on: April 18, 2012, 09:59:29 am »

Tony,

At least the responses you got were friendly and somewhat humorous, which is much nicer, I think, than the "slash and burn" responses some folks get in other threads.

Eric ("Demon of the Dark")
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« Reply #30 on: April 18, 2012, 07:57:10 pm »

Eric and Rob

Thank you for the encouragement.

Luckily, while not completely bulletproof, I have not felt as though I have been attacked or anything.
I certainly will not be discouraged from contributing to the forum as and when I feel motivated.

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Tony Jay
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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #31 on: April 19, 2012, 12:24:09 am »

Maybe Jeff was wrong...

You're kidding right?

Mike is a real good shooter (better than I am–although I get some odd stuff he doesn't get) but I know this "tech" stuff a bit better than Mike does (although he knows how to get his images to look the way he wants them to, which, in the grand scheme is all that matters to him).
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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #32 on: April 19, 2012, 04:48:31 am »

Well actually we really like the two of you together - makes the witches cauldron bubble just right!

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Tony Jay
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Keith Reeder

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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #33 on: April 22, 2012, 10:28:45 am »

"Master Of Light" tends (to my way of thinking) to be suggestive of certain genres more than others anyway.

I'm primarily a bird 'tog with a bit of sport chucked in for good measure, and although I'd like to think I get by pretty nicely in my bird photography, and I'm quite good at making the best use of the conditions I'm shooting in, I'm absolutely at the mercy of the moods of my subject matter and the weather, neither of which I have any control (and certainly no mastery) over.


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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #34 on: April 22, 2012, 10:38:34 am »

"Master Of Light" tends (to my way of thinking) to be suggestive of certain genres more than others anyway.

I'm primarily a bird 'tog with a bit of sport chucked in for good measure, and although I'd like to think I get by pretty nicely in my bird photography, and I'm quite good at making the best use of the conditions I'm shooting in, I'm absolutely at the mercy of the moods of my subject matter and the weather, neither of which I have any control (and certainly no mastery) over.



Between the two of us, I think you speak for every man Jack of us! We might just like to think otherwise, but I believe you've pegged it. The secret is to claim the happy accident as our own!

;-)

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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #35 on: April 22, 2012, 12:09:04 pm »

I'd like to think there's occasionally a grain of truth in my ramblings!

;)

Thing is, if I was a landscape 'tog, I'd be able to go out when the weather and the light were right for the image I had in mind (a landscape isn't likely to be there one day and gone the next): when I'm birding, I'm out when the birds are there (which is frequently during poor weather or in badly lit environments), and the sport photography happens whenever the sport happens.

Likewise if I lived in a studio, I'd get to choose the light I was working with.

Point being that I still reckon that "Master Of Light" is simply not an appropriate tag for some genres of photography.

"Some pretty fast reflexes you've got there" would suit a lot of what I do(!); "you must be good at getting close to birds" would work too!

Actually I'd quite like "Master Of Birdcraft" (even though I'm not that either!)

;)
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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #36 on: April 22, 2012, 06:25:24 pm »

How about "Master of My Own Personal Genre?"
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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #37 on: April 22, 2012, 06:59:57 pm »

Dunno - seriously, the whole "Master Of..." thing seems a bit presumptuous and self-opinionated to me anyway.
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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #38 on: April 22, 2012, 08:30:59 pm »

Then let me replace my suggestion with this one: "Supreme Egotistical Master of Whatever I Think I'm Good At."   ;)
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Re: "Master of Light"
« Reply #39 on: May 05, 2012, 01:41:15 pm »

Dunno - seriously, the whole "Master Of..." thing seems a bit presumptuous and self-opinionated to me anyway.
Maybe, but at least it's restricted to "Light". "Master of the Entire Spectrum of Electromagnetic Radiation" would be slightly presumptuous.
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