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September 12, 2008

What Color is the Sky in a World of Digital Media?

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 7:59 am

Would Seeing Be Believing?

Suppose a colleague, a photographer, called asking you what you thought of the sunset last evening. You’re forced to admit that missed you it entirely. So the colleague emails you this huge photo.


Evening sky colors


What do you imagine your response would be?

My dad often said, “Don’t believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.”

What color is the sky in the world of digital media?
How do we know what’s real?

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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15 Comments to “What Color is the Sky in a World of Digital Media?”

  1. September 12th, 2008 at 9:00 am
    emdoozie said

    My answer would be (A) as I try to always appreciate the beauty in nature all around me. In Florida walking out of my front door in the mornings to crystal clear blue skies lifts my spirits.

    To answer your question on what to believe in digital media, I would say nothing. The technology has taken digital images to all new levels where even pro’s can’t decipher if an image has been doctored or not.

    -doozieUp
    http://doozieUp.com

  2. September 12th, 2008 at 9:17 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi emdoozie!
    I’ve seen some spectacular skies above me that, if I saw them as images I’d have trouble believing they ever occurred . . . much as I find the images lovely sometimes nature is more spectacular than digital. :)

    Digital is making it hard to know what’s real and what isn’t. :)

  3. September 12th, 2008 at 9:46 am
    Karin H. said

    Hi Liz

    I think it’s any colour I like - at that moment. Like the sky it’s constantly changing and even a snap-shot will not show the true picture it will be 1 minute later.

    As for knowing if it’s real - even nature looks different in the eye of someone else (tinted glasses, wearing a hat, standing in the shade etc). ‘Beauty’ is in the eye of the beholder comes to mind.

    As long as I feel it’s authentic then I don’t really mind the colour ;-)

    Karin H. (Keep It Simple Sweetheart, specially in business)

  4. September 12th, 2008 at 10:02 am
    SpaceAgeSage said

    Did you ever see the movie Looker (1981) with Albert Finney? The bad guys have the tech to scan a person and then use that scan to re-create them on television. No more real actors or models needed, just their scans being manipulated with software. Kind of like an avatar, but indistinguishable from the real thing. If I recall, they are working to scan the president …

    Funny thing is, you don’t much hear about this movie now that it is possible in PhotoShop to create this kind of seamless mimicry.

  5. September 12th, 2008 at 10:06 am
    Karin H. said

    SpaceAgeSage, reminds me of the holodecks on Star Trek. Now there’s some fun to be had ;-)

    Karin H.

  6. September 12th, 2008 at 10:14 am
    SpaceAgeSage said

    Hi, Karin H. –
    Live long and prosper!

  7. September 12th, 2008 at 10:14 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Karin!
    Add to what you said, the fact that each of us has a different number of rods and cones in our eyes . . . so we actually perceive color differently. Whoa!

  8. September 12th, 2008 at 10:17 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Sage,
    I know. Now we don’t know who we’re talking to on the Internet . . . sometimes a bot leaves comments . . . what will it be 10 years from now?

  9. September 12th, 2008 at 10:23 am
    Karin H. said

    Ah, my favourite quote ;-) Same to you SpaceAgeSage

    Liz, lately I’ve read more blog-post on ‘how we should see’ all kinds of developments online. Sometimes I think: should we really see it this or that way?
    This whole thing (www, social media) came to be by not laying down the rules. Still like my 1% patch of the “Outlaw of Culture”.

    Karin H.

  10. September 12th, 2008 at 10:45 am
    SpaceAgeSage said

    “…what will it be 10 years from now?” ~Liz
    Look how far we’ve come, remember: “Is it live or is it Memorex?” Next will be “Is it real or is it Claytronics?(also known as Physical Dynamic Rendering or reconfigurable nanoscale robots).

  11. September 12th, 2008 at 11:57 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Karin!
    It’s a scary time in which we live.

  12. September 12th, 2008 at 11:58 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Sage,
    Yep, we’re far . . . from somewhere. :)

  13. September 12th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
    --Deb said

    A couple of summers ago, a knit-blogger named Sandy started a knit-blogging sensation called “Saturday Sky,” where she encouraged bloggers to post pictures of the sky every Saturday, to encourage us all to look UP. And, I have to say, I take a lot more pictures of the sky than I ever used to–including this one yesterday, of a view that used to have the World Trade Center in it … just barely on the horizon, but you could clearly see those twin towers.

    http://chappysmom.com/2008/09/11/do-i-need-to-remind-you/

  14. September 12th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
    Kirk M said

    I have seen sunsets like that one and many more like it and you’re right about rods and cones. Everyone see’s things a bit differently…eyesight I mean.

    But getting back to your question, I would have to say; all of the above (a-d) and for e. I’m sure there would be someone who just had to complain about the size of the email. ;D

    For me, enhanced or not, it’s the thought that counts. There’s something to be said about someone who wants you to know what they felt about about a past sunset. Kind of a round about way of saying; “Wish you were there”.

  15. June 21st, 2009 at 5:40 pm
    Kratom said

    My answer would be e). Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the person that took the photo probably thought it was an amazing sunset. I think its a nice sunset, but not worthy of emailing a photo to a friend.

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