"sharpness is overrated". discuss.
i see a few people perpetuating the idea that blur pictures suck, that every picture must have absolute sharpness, pinpoint razor sharp to be good.
well here's my viewpoint; softness, OOF techniques can be used to bring out a mood, which is why you have always had soft focus filters in photography; and it is not limited to portraits. take a lot of this guy's pictures:
you gotta say yes to another excess
black melt
in fact, just look at his entire set here. i think you'd be inclined to agree that yes, sharpness is overrated. also, he obviously has done it deliberately.
art is subjective, and i hope all of us acknowledge that at the end of the day. so long as the message is conveyed, it doesn't matter what sort of equipment is used, a good picture is still a good one, there is by no means any measure as to how it can be good, least of all by any sharpness meter. cheers.
i see a few people perpetuating the idea that blur pictures suck, that every picture must have absolute sharpness, pinpoint razor sharp to be good.
well here's my viewpoint; softness, OOF techniques can be used to bring out a mood, which is why you have always had soft focus filters in photography; and it is not limited to portraits. take a lot of this guy's pictures:
you gotta say yes to another excess
black melt
in fact, just look at his entire set here. i think you'd be inclined to agree that yes, sharpness is overrated. also, he obviously has done it deliberately.
art is subjective, and i hope all of us acknowledge that at the end of the day. so long as the message is conveyed, it doesn't matter what sort of equipment is used, a good picture is still a good one, there is by no means any measure as to how it can be good, least of all by any sharpness meter. cheers.