Newbie - Good Picture

¿Qué foto famosa te gusta más?

Which famous photo do you most like?

A mí me gusta esa foto de la chica afgana. Sus ojos cuentan tanto de su vida.

I like the National Geographic image of the "Afghan Girl." Her eyes say so much about her life.

Me fascina esta foto de Robert Doisneau, un fotógrafo francés muy famoso.  Creo que esta foto es muy linda y muy romántica.

A mi me fascina Yann Arthus Bertrand. La Terre vue du ciel. La tierra vista del cielo. Sus fotos son increibles.

Les recomiendo también que visiten esta pagina. Este artista hace arte representando el consumismo y la contaminación. Es muy interesante! Pone en perspectiva muchas cosas.

http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7

Hola todos,

Quesiera hacer una pregunta, por favor. En la linea primera de el diálogo (¡Qué buena foto!) “buena” está el adjetivo para la palabra “foto”. Usualmente se sigue los adjectivos el sustantivo que lo describe. ¿Cual es la regla por los adjetivos en este ejemplo?

I would like to ask a question, please. In the first line of the dialogue (¡Qué buena foto!) “buena” is the adjective for the word “foto”. In Spanish usually the adjective follows the noun that it describes. What is the rule for Spanish adjectives in this example?

Muchisimos gracias, :)

Jeff (j-g-rob)

Hola jgrob

I've embraced the whole idea of focussing on trying to understand the language and not the grammar, but a couple of weeks ago I started a university course (in Spanish) and now have to take notice of these things!  So straight from my Spanish text book (Pueblos: Intermediate Spanish in Cultural Contexts):

Position of adjectives:

Most adjectives do not have a fixed position and can be placed wither before or after the noun.  Usually the preference in Spanish, unlike English, is for the adjective to follow the noun.

1. Descriptive adjectives (shape, colour, size, classification, etc) and past participles usually follow the noun, eg se dio fin perfecto a todo
   
2. Descriptive adjectives can be placed in front of the noun when they indicate a quality the speaker considers inherent of the noun, that is, a known quality, eg Este es el principio de las antiguas historias
3. Some adjectives take a shortened form when they precede the noun.

• Grande becomes gran when it is placed before either a masculine or feminine noun: un gran hombre / una gran mujer, un gran pueblo / una gran ciudad
• Bueno, malo, primero (and tercero), and santo before a masculine noun become buen, mal primer (tercer) and san: un buen dia, un mal sueno, el primer / tercer libro, San Jose.

rachaelt:

Muchisimos gracias por su ayuda. :) Su definición es muy claro.

jgrob

No sonrío bien tampoco J.P.  I'd post some examples pero No tengo una cámara digital.

I have noticed in many of these diologues the people have obviously just met, yet they use the "tu" form of the verb.  What's up with that?

Ann

ann_f

Sometimes if u meet a stranger that is your age, you can talk to them in the TU form. Doesn´t really matter. Basically you need the USTED form when they are older, or in more formal situations.

Lili,

Me gusta mucho el arte de Chris Jordan que nos recomendaste.  Es muy interesante y muestra cosas muy importantes.

French has two almost poetic expressions to distinguish old fotos (for which you need a cuarto obscuro) and digital ones: "argentique" vs. "numérique" - "silver" vs. "numeric".

Is there something similar in Spanish?

How would you express the development of a digital foto = post-processing by some software (e.g. Photoshop, Lightroom, ACDSee) in Spanish?

JP said that the word "reverlar' usually means "to reveal". I think this is still a good explanation, as an "undeveloped" film shows no full image, but once the chemicals have been applied, a picture gradually "reveals" itself.

There is another Spanish word meaning "to develop" - "desarrollar". I think that is used in the sense of "to develop relations" or to "develop a plan" or "to develop an industrial area".

Dave