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Perch by TomOlson, on Flickr American by TomOlson, on Flickr Untitled by TomOlson, on Flickr Untitled by TomOlson, on Flickr RangerScum fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Sep 19, 2013 |
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VendaGoat posted:Taken on Highway 1 In California. The white balance and/or saturation looks a little odd... the super-cyan sky, the purple fringing (in the second shot)... were they taken with a retro digital camera?
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 04:34 |
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Gambl0r posted:The white balance and/or saturation looks a little odd... the super-cyan sky, the purple fringing (in the second shot)... were they taken with a retro digital camera? I think I should explain myself. I understand your concern, as you are not the first to mention it. I agree with you, it's um, a little too much color. Here's the original exposure, on the second one. The curve of the road, the look of the trees. It reminded me of terrain pieces I have created before. It's been scaled done to 1000, and then saved optimized for web. Just like my edit. So, why did I want it to look that way? The best way I can describe this is as such; This is what my memory of the place looks like. This is me trying to show the emotions I felt at the time. Elation, fun, a lust for life. I had made it to the west coast, San Francisco, "Frisco". I got to see and drive the Golden gate bridge. I walked up Hyde street, all the way to Geary street, and down to the Hotel California, Best Western. I was near the end of the one, on its northern part. It's a drive, that blew a Pittsburgh Person's mind. When I dream of that drive, this is where I dream about. It's too focused, it's too surreal. In my opinion, it's too, idealistic, and that's what I always notice in the dream. Ok, so there is the art behind it. The other hand, that's what I want it to look like. What would you do with it? I would not mind, I'd even encourage you, to take a shot at that picture yourself. Message me with it, if you want to. Other's opinions, on what something should look like, are just as valid. Isn't that part of the "fun" we are doing? Same picture, Varied reactions. But, you need to get a reaction. If you also want the camera it's a http://store.sony.com/p/DSC-H50/en/p/DSCH50
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 06:35 |
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The color is fine, but the over sharpening literally hurts my eyes.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 07:03 |
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VendaGoat posted:I think I should explain myself. I understand your concern, as you are not the first to mention it. If that's your memory then let me know what sorta drugs you were on cause that looks like a pretty bad trip.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 07:29 |
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Point Beach State Forest by g.hetzel, on Flickr Point Beach State Forest by g.hetzel, on Flickr
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 07:41 |
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 07:59 |
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I like that one.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 10:49 |
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Haven't followed this thread in awhile, but it looks like you finally got to Iceland! Awesome stuff.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 16:07 |
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VendaGoat posted:I think I should explain myself. I understand your concern, as you are not the first to mention it. You are literally a walking terrible artist statement. shut up. And your photos suck too (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 16:47 |
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Musket posted:You are literally a walking terrible artist statement. shut up. And your photos suck too Not all true, the misty shot of the beach is pretty neat.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 16:51 |
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Pic dump! IMG_7608.jpg by Winston85, on Flickr IMG_7563.jpg by Winston85, on Flickr 0033_###.jpg by Winston85, on Flickr
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 19:00 |
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Mightaswell posted:Pic dump! I love this one except for the blur on the left which makes me feel like I have floaters in my eyeballs.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 19:23 |
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Musket posted:You are literally a walking terrible artist statement. shut up. And your photos suck too Thank you for your opinion.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 19:26 |
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Musket posted:You are literally a walking terrible artist statement. shut up. And your photos suck too What a loving awful thing to say.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 19:52 |
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VendaGoat posted:I think I should explain myself. I understand your concern, as you are not the first to mention it. I much prefer the original. I understand that you have this idealized view of your trip, but maybe there's ways to show us that other than cranking the saturation slider? The cyans are seriously distracting IMO. edit: also, your writing makes you sound like you're trying way too hard to be deep. MrBlandAverage fucked around with this message at 20:05 on Sep 19, 2013 |
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MrBlandAverage posted:I much prefer the original. I understand that you have this idealized view of your trip, but maybe there's ways to show us that other than cranking the saturation slider? The cyans are seriously distracting IMO. You are more than free to travel to Highway One, driving from San Francisco to Eureka, passing that bridge along the way. Taking your own photograph of it and editing it, however you see fit. Thank you for your opinion.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 20:13 |
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Why are you posting, VendaGoat? If you want someone to hold your hand and share in your memories have a slideshow at home with a captive audience who won't say anything mean.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 20:17 |
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VendaGoat posted:You are more than free to travel to Highway One, driving from San Francisco to Eureka, passing that bridge along the way. Taking your own photograph of it and editing it, however you see fit. If you can't handle constructive criticism
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 20:21 |
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dukeku posted:Why are you posting, VendaGoat? If you want someone to hold your hand and share in your memories have a slideshow at home with a captive audience who won't say anything mean. dukeku posted:I think there are two extremes of photographic interpretation that can legitimately be called art – the kind that uses photography as the medium only, but doesn’t play to its strengths (exact reproduction) or processes away from the real – it can be done well (think Warhol) or badly (think hipstagram). One is repeatable, the other isn’t – and the one that isn’t has no value as art, because it’s simply too easy for everybody to have the same interpretation as everybody else. You posted something good in another thread. As for opinions. I have no problem with them expressing themselves. It's art, it's subjective.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 20:23 |
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MrBlandAverage posted:I much prefer the original. I understand that you have this idealized view of your trip, but maybe there's ways to show us that other than cranking the saturation slider? The cyans are seriously distracting IMO. Sorry for piling on, VendaGoat, but I agree with everyone except for that one jerk. Try not to get defensive as a result; most of us aren't trying to be mean or haughty at all. The sharpening is definitely painful, and -- speaking as someone who likes contrast -- there's too much contrast. It really is painful to look at the photos. I also agree that the third photo is the best, artistically. My aim is usually to make the a photograph reflect the actual view as much as possible, so it sounds like our ideals may be opposed, but here's what I would suggest: don't edit anything. Shoot in RAW so that you can edit later, but try to get the scene the way you want it just by changing Aperture/Shutter/ISO. Tying into the previous conversation, it's the digital world so take a shitload of pictures with different settings and see what you like. Take tens of thousands of photographs, wait for the light to make interesting scenes instead of trying to make things interesting in post. Then start processing. I've been shooting for a scant 7 years now, and only recently started doing things in Lightroom. I still worry that I'm overdoing it, and one thing that has not changed is that my absolute favorite photos are still those photos that needed exactly zero post-processing.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 20:25 |
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VendaGoat posted:You posted something good in another thread. You're sticking your fingers in your ears and saying "LALALALALALA ART." Also, that post dukeku linked to is terrible and wrong, which is why it's in that thread.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 20:27 |
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Here's some constructive criticism: stop posting.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 20:27 |
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vote_no posted:Sorry for piling on, VendaGoat, but I agree with everyone except for that one jerk. Try not to get defensive as a result; most of us aren't trying to be mean or haughty at all. The sharpening is definitely painful, and -- speaking as someone who likes contrast -- there's too much contrast. It really is painful to look at the photos. I also agree that the third photo is the best, artistically. No, by all means, I want you to express yourselves. I don't mind the opinions, even the negative ones. You're absolutely correct that our aims are in diametric opposition. I've already been taking plenty of shots, of the same thing, in different lighting, different seasons, take your pic. I'm bored of making things look like themselves. I've seen a white bridge on a road before. I've seen sea lions basking before. The grand canyon was nice, but how many shots of it can you take, that look sufficiently different? I'm sick of seeing normal. You guys are allowed to have your opinion of what is and isn't art/photography. If you don't like my interpretation, you could ignore it, as I'm sure you would any other low craft. If you want to comment though, good or bad, I'll listen and thank you for taking the time to tell me what you think. I'm allowed to make a picture look however I want, you're allowed to tell me whatever you want about it. It's a photo guys.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 20:34 |
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VendaGoat posted:I'm sick of seeing normal. You should try Photomatix. Just peg all the sliders, it'll be right up your alley.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 20:36 |
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Is this an elaborate troll where you try to be "different" from good photographers by intentionally producing garbage?
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 20:39 |
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I'd heartily appreciate it if this didn't go the way of the street thread and end up with me having to close it and probate everyone, because that's real tedious.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 20:57 |
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Quick, post pictures!
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 20:58 |
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 21:00 |
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vote_no posted:Quick, post pictures! DONE! And I like your Post Picture.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 21:06 |
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Vic Alfonso, Portland by Ashade76, on Flickr
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 21:10 |
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VendaGoat posted:You posted something good in another thread. That's the ironic internet photographer garbage thread.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 21:12 |
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Mightaswell posted:That's the ironic internet photographer garbage thread. We all have opinions on what constitutes art, it just so happens that I think Ming Thein's opinion is idiotic.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 21:12 |
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I hope woot fatigue didn't think I really wrote all that stuff about dense CFAs.
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# ? Sep 19, 2013 21:14 |
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I was checking out a newly opened bike path that starts near my neighborhood, and came across some empty industrial buildings. I liked the look of open loading dock filled with debris, and the colors in the graffiti. Here are two different shots/crops. Joust Cube by EPICAC, on Flickr Joust Cube by EPICAC, on Flickr EPICAC fucked around with this message at 00:34 on Sep 20, 2013 |
# ? Sep 19, 2013 21:40 |
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Brick Wall, Jurong West, 2013 by alkanphel, on Flickr
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# ? Sep 20, 2013 00:24 |
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alkanphel posted:
I'm so glad you posted this here. I saw it in the "No Critique" thread and I so wanted to comment. I love the red, white and blue aspect you've made here. Those three colors always remind me of a flag and this one could almost be a "Mural" made of bricks. It gave me a neat "Jigsaw Puzzle" feeling. The colors are somewhat muted, but I think that adds to the effect. Like an old puzzle, you used to solve, when you are young. On the technical side. It's drat Plumb level. The lines are nice and straight. It's in drat clear focus. I really like this shot. Great shot!
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# ? Sep 20, 2013 00:43 |
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IMG_4961 by s-bothun, on Flickr IMG_4942 by s-bothun, on Flickr IMG_5001 by s-bothun, on Flickr IMG_5054 by s-bothun, on Flickr
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# ? Sep 20, 2013 00:44 |
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DSC_0201.jpg by scottch, on Flickr DSC_0207.jpg by scottch, on Flickr DSC_0028.jpg by scottch, on Flickr
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# ? Sep 20, 2013 01:48 |
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rain by chrith is already taken, on Flickr waterscappe by chrith is already taken, on Flickr
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# ? Sep 20, 2013 03:47 |