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Photo of the Day - February 2012
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Misty Cornwall
This is interesting. It's a question of personal taste. Personally I'd be happy not to see another HDR image again. I'd love to have a plug-in that deleted them. On the other hand, I don't have a problem with images that have been manipulated in other ways. I've posted some here myself in the past. My problem with the HDR images is purely aesthetic rather than an objection in principle to manipulation. I'm a big fan of Hipstamatic, for example. Here's one from yesterday. It's clearly been manipulated, but to me it is "truer" than my un-manipulated photos of the same scene, in the sense that it better evokes the feeling of being there. (I kind of wish I'd done it without the "aged" edges in his case though.) No doubt that's a result of my lack of photographic skills and the limited range of the iPhone 4 camera but still, I think manipulated images can be perfectly valid. The manipulation just needs to be done sensitively.
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Lol I almost hold the exact opposite view and bizarrely its almost for the same reasons.. I greatly enjoy more 'unrealistic shots' eg HDR's or Dave Hill types and especially or the ethereal photos of.... http://500px.com/Petrova_Julian/photos
For me 99% of all photo's are edited these days in some way, either in camera through the built in settings or in LR/aperture....(and buy the way this is not a modern phenomenon many greats used post techniques to enhance the photo's in the film days too)
...I Like honesty in photos, and to me if you manipulate a photo and hide it by trying to make it realistic you are lying to the viewer...where as if you come right out and say hey I manipulated this photo, this is my vision of this scene, it puts me more at ease.
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I take great comfort in this, becasuse it means that no matter how bad my pics are at least someone somewhere will quite like it
This is interesting. It's a question of personal taste. Personally I'd be happy not to see another HDR image again. I'd love to have a plug-in that deleted them. On the other hand, I don't have a problem with images that have been manipulated in other ways. I've posted some here myself in the past. My problem with the HDR images is purely aesthetic rather than an objection in principle to manipulation. I'm a big fan of Hipstamatic, for example. Here's one from yesterday. It's clearly been manipulated, but to me it is "truer" than my un-manipulated photos of the same scene, in the sense that it better evokes the feeling of being there. (I kind of wish I'd done it without the "aged" edges in his case though.) No doubt that's a result of my lack of photographic skills and the limited range of the iPhone 4 camera but still, I think manipulated images can be perfectly valid. The manipulation just needs to be done sensitively.
Glad to see you posting again. I like the picture very much.I've been on a real tear with my iPhone 4S, it's become my go to camera as of late. Can't really post the other content I've been using my DSLR for as of late, so here's one of my newer 4S snaps.
It's actually a few weeks old, but I haven't contributed in such a long time, better late than never.
Waiting for Spring...
I agree, I hate HDR, its fine once in a while but pictures should look natural and not like they were painted.Im not a purist about photography (through I wouldnt be upset if I never saw another cartoon-like HDR shot
Just my opinion (and worth as much as you paid for it)...
Lake Leman (aka Lake Geneva) during my recent trip to Switzerland. It was my first opportunity to use a CPL and I'm loving the results!
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Lake Leman by Melissa.O.Anderson, on Flickr
Lake Leman by Melissa.O.Anderson, on Flickr
Yesterday I emailed the owner of the tugboat Galene with the picture I made of his boat and asked for more access to the boat to do some more shooting. Not only did he like the photo and grant me more access, but he invited me to ride on the boat for the Seattle Tugboat Races in May! I'm so excited! I'll go down to the boat in a week to shoot some more.
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Today's pic, I was on the way home a few weeks ago and saw a soccer game going on and stopped to see if I could get any decent shots. This is one of the few that came out ok-ish.
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Today's pic, I was on the way home a few weeks ago and saw a soccer game going on and stopped to see if I could get any decent shots. This is one of the few that came out ok-ish.
The Aurora Australis would be a bit nearer for you I think! The further south you go the more likely you are to see it. I believe the cycle should peak next year too.
In the spirit of the day...
I love this picture and the way the black background encroaches and enhances the deep red of the rose. Well done!
This is very nice.
Here's another Hipstamatic picture, from this morning. iPhone 4.
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Here's another Hipstamatic picture, from this morning. iPhone 4.
Yesterday I emailed the owner of the tugboat Galene with the picture I made of his boat and asked for more access to the boat to do some more shooting. Not only did he like the photo and grant me more access, but he invited me to ride on the boat for the Seattle Tugboat Races in May! I'm so excited! I'll go down to the boat in a week to shoot some more.
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//clipped - no offense to the photo..
Some people are very guarded about their photos, but isn't it great what happens when you just show someone a shot because you think they will like it? I looked up your link and this seems to be a great overall photo op. I'm going to mark it on my calendar and get up there this year.
Dale
I have been VERY pleasantly surprised at the response I've received from showing my photo's to people. This year I have been printing 5 photo's a week, every week, and showing those photo's to people. The joy on a persons face when they like a photo and I tell them to keep it is fantastic.
That said, I'm on vacation this week and while I'll b taking a lot of pictures, I won't be online much to post them.
the way the light and shadows fell on this protruding rock face in Canyonlands National Park made me think of a sleeping pharaoh
