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thetzar posted:
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I'm trying to improve certain aspects of photography. For example, I've lived in the countryside of Panama for the past two years and my ability to capture the green around me in any sort of a decent way failed. I'm trying to search images to see if I can find people who've had success capturing scenes of almost pure green plants. I searched Flickr for various keywords and everything I've seen has been trash. Any suggestions for attempting to find decent photographers/photographs? Braches (Cocle, Panama) by esa_foto, on Flickr
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Aug 20, 2015 04:41
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365 Nog Hogger posted:Anyone else? first thing I noticed
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Aug 20, 2015 04:46
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huhu posted:people who've had success capturing scenes of almost pure green plants. I like the way Steve McCurry does green stuff   
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Aug 20, 2015 05:22
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I wanna see more of that mountain
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Aug 20, 2015 05:31
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that last one has to be a composite
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Aug 20, 2015 05:31
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BANME.sh posted:that last one has to be a composite 
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Aug 20, 2015 05:37
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Holy gently caress.
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Aug 20, 2015 05:40
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Why can't suburban Australia be that cool Why cant anywhere in Australia be cool actually
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Aug 20, 2015 05:42
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:Why can't suburban Australia be that cool You are kidding right?
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Aug 20, 2015 05:46
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Google is saying that is a town in Yemen, in case anyone was wondering. 
SMERSH Mouth fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Aug 20, 2015 |
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Aug 20, 2015 05:47
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Pukestain Pal posted:You are kidding right? No, apart from the touristy stuff you see in every ad of Australia ever, Australian mountains are short and landscapes are pretty average and repetitive. If you are good you can find stuff that looks alright in photos but in person theres not much here that matches the raw size of stuff overseas underage at the vape shop fucked around with this message at 05:55 on Aug 20, 2015 |
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Aug 20, 2015 05:50
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:No, apart from the touristy stuff you see in every ad of Australia ever, Australian mountains and landscapes are pretty average I think the main issue with rad Australian landscapes is the lack of density. We have about ten really interesting landscapes across a country about the size of the USA. I was in the States recently and I was astounded by the fact that I could literally drive from the biggest tree on earth to the biggest hole in the ground in a day. And then there were about ten other really interesting sights within a few hours as well. That said, I like the banality of the endless empty plains of Australia.
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Aug 20, 2015 05:54
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elgarbo posted:I think the main issue with rad Australian landscapes is the lack of density. We have about ten really interesting landscapes across a country about the size of the USA. I was in the States recently and I was astounded by the fact that I could literally drive from the biggest tree on earth to the biggest hole in the ground in a day. And then there were about ten other really interesting sights within a few hours as well. I drove down the East Coast of Australia from Brisbane to Mt Kosciusko in February and this is literally it. Literally 1000 miles of fields. Thats not to say you can't find stuff like this: But in terms of the raw size and majesty of stuff in America and Europe, there isn't anything that compares  That hill in the top is actually the tallest mountain on the continent @2200m underage at the vape shop fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Aug 20, 2015 |
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Aug 20, 2015 06:01
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I hate to be that guy who says "I can tell from the pixels" but the lighting on the rocks in the background (of the original photo, not the one im quoting) look completely different than the lighting on the buildings. It looks like the entire background was pasted in. Maybe it's real, I dunno, but it looks overprocessed if anything 
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Aug 20, 2015 06:07
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I have a ginormous book of McCurry's stuff and the two-page thread version I'm looking at is a lot less saturated especially in the green. But I'm really not seeing a problem with the lighting you're talking about though. Fake edit: the more I state at the version posted here the weirder it looks. I think the jacked up greens makes this like hard divide in the photo that kind of makes it look more composity to me. also lol I just found a strip of film from my first roll ever that I stuck in here to flatten and forgot about.
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Aug 20, 2015 06:20
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:I drove down the East Coast of Australia from Brisbane to Mt Kosciusko in February and this is literally it. Literally 1000 miles of fields. I think you should stop trying too look for copies of Europe/N.America and go and find stuff thats really Australian, as we don't have anything as really green or as huge as the Alps or Yosemite. Go to the Kimberleys in WA, thats where truly Australian and unique landscapes are. Dirt red as gently caress, lots of waterfalls, sheer rock faces, caves, deep valleys and stuff like the Bungle Bungles. You really won't find anything like that on earth.
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Aug 20, 2015 06:27
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Spedman posted:I think you should stop trying too look for copies of Europe/N.America and go and find stuff thats really Australian, as we don't have anything as really green or as huge as the Alps or Yosemite.  I'd like to one day but it's a very big drive. Maybe when I finish uni.
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Aug 20, 2015 06:46
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:
2 days, piece of piss. How about FNQ? or the coast between Sydney and Melbourne? The drive is really beautiful with all the bays and inlets, I think quite unique.
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Aug 20, 2015 06:51
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Spedman posted:2 days, piece of piss. I've been to both and to be honest I didn't think it was all that impressive. Granted it was when I was like 13 and I've grown to appreciate stuff more as I've gotten older so I might like it more now. That's 47 hours without breaks or sleep, also its through the desert so its also scary as hell cause if you break down, welp.
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Aug 20, 2015 06:54
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:I've been to both and to be honest I didn't think it was all that impressive. Granted it was when I was like 13 and I've grown to appreciate stuff more as I've gotten older so I might like it more now. I was joking about that drive  It sounds like you need to go travel a bit, and see all the amazing landscapes OS so you can get it out of your system and then take in what Australia has to offer. Even going to NZ and checking out their mountains might work.
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Aug 20, 2015 07:53
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I always thought Australia is a bloody beautiful place to shoot, given what I've seen from people like Spedman, Deaders, etc.
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Aug 20, 2015 07:59
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alkanphel posted:I always thought Australia is a bloody beautiful place to shoot, given what I've seen from people like Spedman, Deaders, etc. The really cool and unique places are definitely really pretty, its just that they are difficult and boring to get to. Like in a corner of far nothern WA, a literal desert. Its why I got my camera, for when I go see those places, but practicing my skills on stuff nearby is difficult because its all backyard forest type stuff. I guess I'm frustrated because I can't find any inspiration underage at the vape shop fucked around with this message at 08:48 on Aug 20, 2015 |
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Aug 20, 2015 08:42
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You don't need something incredible to take a photo. Go take a walk around your suburb, you're bound to find something interesting.
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Aug 20, 2015 08:53
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:The really cool and unique places are definitely really pretty, its just that they are difficult and boring to get to. Like in a corner of far nothern WA, a literal desert. Maybe you'll figure something out, the more you shoot. I've only got walls to shoot as well, so I've had to make do with them.
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Aug 20, 2015 09:22
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:The really cool and unique places are definitely really pretty, its just that they are difficult and boring to get to. Like in a corner of far nothern WA, a literal desert. All my photos are taken either within walking distance of my house (probably the "ugliest" part of inner city Melbourne) or within day trip driving distance. I think you need to spend some time looking at lots of good photos for inspiration, rather than looking for the inspiring landscape, the latter will follow the former. EDIT: alkanphel posted:Maybe you'll figure something out, the more you shoot. I've only got walls to shoot as well, so I've had to make do with them. alkanphel's shots are a great example of making something very compelling out of not much more than a pretty ordinary urban landscape.
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Aug 20, 2015 09:25
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Spedman posted:I think you need to spend some time looking at lots of good photos for inspiration, rather than looking for the inspiring landscape, the latter will follow the former. This is why we always recommend buying photobooks over gear hahaha
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Aug 20, 2015 09:31
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alkanphel posted:This is why we always recommend buying photobooks over gear hahaha What ones should I look at?
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Aug 20, 2015 09:37
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Aug 20, 2015 09:49
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:What ones should I look at? That would probably be quite hard to answer, since everyone has their own individual tastes. Even landscape has a huge range of variety, from Galen Rowell to Stephen Shore. If possible, I highly recommend visiting a library to check their photobook collection and look for the photobooks that you like. Then you can plug those books into Amazon to see what other books people check out, or ask friends to recommend books that are similar in taste. I just bought this book, which was recommended by VomitOnLino because he knows what I like. But I have no idea what you like.
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Aug 20, 2015 09:51
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Yeah as an Australian I think its crazy to say that our landscapes are lacking and we have such great light and so few overcast days.Yeah alkanphel is right check out a Library/good bookstores. I would recommend Stephen Shores The Nature of the Photograph as a good starter book, but ymmv. Content  Untitled  Untitled
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Aug 20, 2015 10:26
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If you think Australian landscape isn't varied enough you need to get your rear end down to Tasmania. I'd post examples but I was in a bit of a rut and pretty much every photo I took in Tassie was poo poo :/ But that was me not the locale!
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Aug 20, 2015 10:35
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Ok enough talk, I better post some content too. Clementi by alkanphel, on Flickr
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Aug 20, 2015 10:52
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elgarbo posted:You don't need something incredible to take a photo. Go take a walk around your suburb, you're bound to find something interesting. alkanphel posted:Maybe you'll figure something out, the more you shoot. I've only got walls to shoot as well, so I've had to make do with them. deaders via http://kissingeyesmagazine.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/simon-deadman.html posted:What is your background in Photography? What keeps you interested? and i'll add that if you can't find anything interesting to shoot where you live the problem is you and you're going to take boring loving photos no matter where you go
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Aug 20, 2015 11:23
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Dren fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Aug 20, 2015 |
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Aug 20, 2015 13:13
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Anyone who says Australian landscapes are poo poo has never been to Tasmania. Except pls no more Cradle Mountain photos kthx
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Aug 20, 2015 15:56
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The Australia special Top Gear did this year made it look very nice too. I mean yeah there were no sweeping vistas filled with snow capped mountains, and I understand how everyone who buys a camera is filled with a burning desire to take pictures of mountains, but there is certainly beauty in what Australia does have.. it has a look that doesn't exist anywhere else in the world so get out there and figure out how to do something with it.
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Aug 20, 2015 16:06
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I did a road trip last year up through the middle of vic/nsw/qld staying away from the coast and going through all the dead bumfuck-nowhere hick towns And desolate landscapes and it was pretty cool, much more interesting to me than the return drive down the coast.
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Aug 20, 2015 16:10
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xzzy posted:The Australia special Top Gear did this year made it look very nice too. I mean yeah there were no sweeping vistas filled with snow capped mountains, and I understand how everyone who buys a camera is filled with a burning desire to take pictures of mountains, but there is certainly beauty in what Australia does have.. it has a look that doesn't exist anywhere else in the world so get out there and figure out how to do something with it. If you mean the one where they raced through a mine and James got the stig to do his, that was the desert, most of Australia isn't like that. Well by size it is but it's not reasonable to go there for a holiday or photograpy because what you saw on top gear is what you get. Kinda like a flyover state in America I guess. I'll try going walking around my suburb with the camera and seeing what I find. I'm going walking on Saturday to try find wrecked planes on a mountain, I'll try find inspiration in the smaller things. What deaders said in that interview about starting out sounds a lot like me at the moment.
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A Saucy Bratwurst posted:If you mean the one where they raced through a mine and James got the stig to do his, that was the desert, most of Australia isn't like that. Well by size it is but it's not reasonable to go there for a holiday or photograpy because what you saw on top gear is what you get. Kinda like a flyover state in America I guess. I'm hearing excuses.
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