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Perfect Stranger Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Correct or not no.45: part of a discussion

Dear Fellow Users,

Would you please tell me if the following reply I posted on an Internet forum devoted to photography makes sense and is 100% grammatically correct? If you see any better way to phrase some of the sentences, please let me know. I'm not sure about some articles in this passage.

I do agree with you (at least partially) when it comes to photography being an artistic representation of someone's creativity but let's not get too abstract and vague here. What I'm trying to drive your attention to is this or that particular picture being not understood as a subjective artistic representation of a photographer's creative vision but merely my personal reaction to the green color (being either too bleak or over-saturated) in the above posted pictures. Hope this makes sense.

Thanks!
  

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I do agree with you (at least partially) when it comes to photography being an artistic representation of someone's creativity, but let's not get too abstract here. What I'm trying to direct your attention to is a particular picture's not being understood as a subjective artistic representation of a photographer's creative vision but merely as a personal reaction to the green color (being either too washed out/bleached/blanched or over-saturated). I hope this makes sense.

— Mister Micawber

  • I do agree with you (at least partially) when it comes to photography being an artistic representation of someone's creativity, but let's not get too abstract here.
  • What I'm trying to direct your attention to is a particular picture's not being understood as a subjective artistic representation of a photographer's creative vision but merely as a personal reaction to the green color (being either too washed out/bleached/blanched or over-saturated).
  • I hope this makes sense.
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I do agree with you (at least partially) when it comes to photography being an artistic representation of someone's creativity, but let's not get too abstract here. What I'm trying to direct your attention to is a particular picture's not being understood as a subjective artistic representation of a photographer's creative vision but merely as a personal reaction to the green color (being eithe
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Thank you MM.

Why is it incorrect to say bleak colors or bleak picture?
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Perfect StrangerWhy is it incorrect to say bleak colors or bleak picture?
I simply thought you had confused the meaning, since you set the phrasing as 'either too... or oversaturated'. 'Bleak' is not the opposite of 'oversaturated'.
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Mister MicawberI simply thought you had confused the meaning, since you set the phrasing as 'either too... or oversaturated'. 'Bleak' is not the opposite of 'oversaturated'.
Thanks for a quick reply. I have to say I'm a bit confused now. Does it mean I can't phrase a sentence like this one: The colors seem to be either too bleak or over-saturated.
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Perfect StrangerDoes it mean I can't phrase a sentence like this one: The colors seem to be either too bleak or over-saturated. because these two adjectives are not opposite in meaning?
I suppose you can, but it is confusing for the reader if he (like I) is not fully familiar with the context.
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