Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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Alotta Fagina wrote:

Miami is not a red blob. It wasn't even a red blob during the "Scarface"
era. So if what you pointed to falls under the heading of "visual
representation", then it is a ****ty representation.

Not that I'd expect different from you.
If you would not call this a "picture" what would you call it?

I definitely not a liberal, so politics has nothing to do with it, but
this is a visual representation of the "light pollution" in the US. Hence
it is a "picture". One may argue that "light pollution" is not a problem,
but the expression "light pollution" is a standard term for light that
reduces your ability to see the stars and the universe. It is very
important to astronomers.

Would you call this painting a "picture"?

http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Number..._i1106615_.htm

The definition "picture" includes abstract paintings.

I can't figure out if you really don't understand the definition of
"picture' or you are just tweaking Bassy. Since you find Bass such a
idiot why don't you filter him? To argue over the standard definition
"picture" really makes you look foolish instead of Bass.

It's possible he means that only a literal representation is a picture, like
a photograph. However, as Ansel Adams pointed out repeatedly, even the most
accurate photograph is merely an interpretation, just like an oil painting.


Ansel was a master of manipulating the development of photographs to
achieve the result he wanted.

Absolutely! In my opinion, the best B&W photographer ever. I've been to
many places in the Sierra's that he's photographed, with a book with
copies of his paintings to compare. Amazing.