Comments on: The nature films of Louie Schwartzberg http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/the-nature-films-of-louie-schw.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 06:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/the-nature-films-of-louie-schw.html#comment-1436616 penguinchris Tue, 29 May 2012 21:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163490#comment-1436616 I too am typically not particularly moved by crystal clarity and dazzling colors, preferring an analog film look.  But there are exceptions, such as this video (and maybe 1/3 of the footage from the Planet Earth series). There is amazing artistry here - provided both by nature itself and by the cinematographer - and a degraded analog look would, well, degrade it (whereas it adds to most things, like your examples). This is so far above and beyond the typical crystal clear look of digital photography - which again, I agree is pretty awful - it's almost unbelievable. I too am typically not particularly moved by crystal clarity and dazzling colors, preferring an analog film look. 

But there are exceptions, such as this video (and maybe 1/3 of the footage from the Planet Earth series). There is amazing artistry here – provided both by nature itself and by the cinematographer – and a degraded analog look would, well, degrade it (whereas it adds to most things, like your examples).

This is so far above and beyond the typical crystal clear look of digital photography – which again, I agree is pretty awful – it’s almost unbelievable.

]]> By: Charlie Visnic http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/the-nature-films-of-louie-schw.html#comment-1436496 Charlie Visnic Tue, 29 May 2012 19:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163490#comment-1436496 I was lucky enough to interview Louis for the EPK of his film Hidden Beauty.  He is an amazing individual.  His cinematography is mind boggling to the point of skepticism that it isn't 3D animated.  He has a room in his house devoted to capturing time lapse, mainly of flowers.  For the past 30 some-odd-years he has had a time lapse running 24 hours a day. I was lucky enough to interview Louis for the EPK of his film Hidden Beauty.  He is an amazing individual.  His cinematography is mind boggling to the point of skepticism that it isn’t 3D animated.  He has a room in his house devoted to capturing time lapse, mainly of flowers.  For the past 30 some-odd-years he has had a time lapse running 24 hours a day.

]]> By: Rosin Ffield http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/the-nature-films-of-louie-schw.html#comment-1436469 Rosin Ffield Tue, 29 May 2012 18:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163490#comment-1436469 i find it absolutely astonishing how such images of crystal clarity and dazzling colours do STRICLY NOTHING to me, do not move me in the slightest, while simple images as these below send me right into space, with so much heart, feeling, warmth texture and magic to them: https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/384676_271710379548248_131927110193243_821576_1382973081_n.jpg or this: https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/561843_356749661044319_1803407180_n.jpg and this: https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/378859_271710269548259_964058413_n.jpg or my friend Stefi's pictures: http://www.mo-artgallery.nl/images/schneidersDG3schneiders.jpg   i find it absolutely astonishing how such images of crystal clarity and dazzling colours do STRICLY NOTHING to me, do not move me in the slightest,

while simple images as these below send me right into space, with so much heart, feeling, warmth texture and magic to them:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/384676_271710379548248_131927110193243_821576_1382973081_n.jpg
or this:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/561843_356749661044319_1803407180_n.jpg
and this:
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/378859_271710269548259_964058413_n.jpg
or my friend Stefi’s pictures:
http://www.mo-artgallery.nl/images/schneidersDG3schneiders.jpg
 

]]> By: Gordon Klock http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/the-nature-films-of-louie-schw.html#comment-1436350 Gordon Klock Tue, 29 May 2012 16:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163490#comment-1436350 I could spend the rest of my life just watching stuff like this,& I would never miss movies or T.V.,(for they are too cheap & vulgar a distraction by comparison) I could spend the rest of my life just watching stuff like this,& I would never miss movies or T.V.,(for they are too cheap & vulgar a distraction by comparison)

]]> By: Aaron Swain http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/the-nature-films-of-louie-schw.html#comment-1436285 Aaron Swain Tue, 29 May 2012 15:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163490#comment-1436285 Fantastic! Fantastic!

]]> By: IvonaPoyntz http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/the-nature-films-of-louie-schw.html#comment-1436278 IvonaPoyntz Tue, 29 May 2012 15:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163490#comment-1436278 Absolutely stunning Absolutely stunning

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