People are already willing to pay for these recreated wallpapers. They have hundreds of comments and will have millions of video views once they post more of their exploits based on their unique experience. I thought the concept was silly at first but they will probably parle this into something that pays more or allows more creative freedom. Getting a job is a step backward.
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Trio of Friends Make Challenging Hike Across Catalina Island to Recreate the macOS Catalina Wallpaper
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One of the two guys not shown piloting. It would get really meta if we saw drone footage of a drone filming a drone.
I'm disappointed in some of the snarky and negative comments. Why comment like that?
Here are three young guys, friends, setting out to do something wholesome and fun in the outdoors. Was reproducing the images creative. Of course not. That wasn't their intent. Their intent was to enjoy their camaraderie, their love of life and being together as a team, doing something fun and positive. Simple pleasures.
Are so many, so jaded, that the act of doing something like this is seen as a waste of time? How said that is.
I commend these guys for what they've done. I predict they will go on to do things that make their life fun, fulfilling, and their enjoyment of sharing it with others. Not out of overblown ego, but of a simple willingness to share something beautiful and simple.
Here are three young guys, friends, setting out to do something wholesome and fun in the outdoors. Was reproducing the images creative. Of course not. That wasn't their intent. Their intent was to enjoy their camaraderie, their love of life and being together as a team, doing something fun and positive. Simple pleasures.
Are so many, so jaded, that the act of doing something like this is seen as a waste of time? How said that is.
I commend these guys for what they've done. I predict they will go on to do things that make their life fun, fulfilling, and their enjoyment of sharing it with others. Not out of overblown ego, but of a simple willingness to share something beautiful and simple.
They used two drones. Guess you didn't watch before commenting.
As for spare time, hard to know. I'm guessing the job of creating youtube content that generates millions of views is fairly consuming.
Oh yes; the productivity goal of every well-rounded, productive young American. Get millions of YouTube views. Such an accomplishment that will be remembered forever. Is that how we measure success now? I'm so impressed.
5K versions of every default macOS wallpaperThe old space wallpapers in OS X 10.5-10.8 were great, I wish Apple would bring these back. Especially now that they go so well with the dark mode.
You write as though value comes out of perenniality. Most accountant's work will not be remembered forever. Most people's work will not be remembered forever, for that matter. I fail to see how that is a measure of success, same as millions of views on YouTube isn't a measure for success.
For what it's worth, I quickly looked and at least one of the three is a pretty decent photographer in his own right.
It’s not about the picture. That’s a MacGuffin. It’s about the adventure.
Link is in the video description on Youtube. Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/42dvxz4ln1xd480/AACKPbsnin49aDaAjf_q_l_6a?dl=0
It's beautiful, better than the one they made.
Nowadays, I look up forums that basically ban overly negative posts and comments. Hacker News (at https://news.ycombinator.com/ ) is pretty good. Some subreddits are great, too.
Having a job and having fun are not mutually exclusive options.
Not really, Facebook is not anonymous and the level of conversation is objectively worse there than on forums.
Being a bigoted jackass seems to have become socially acceptable.
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it's fun and considering what a boost in subs and views they've gotten, apparently a lot of people share that fun.
Besides, it's harmless. Marvel movies cost millions of dollars and people throw millions and them and is literally replicating pictures already taken.
Maybe go direct your angst at that.
For the photo of the shoreline of Catalina, wouldn't it have been easier to take a boat to the tip and launch the drone from there?
Good of you to show how to really use time productively: sit inside and make a snarky comment on MacRumors.
Mmmm, no. He's absolutely right.
I ask where is the originality, as mentioned there are near infinite methods to get a similar result. In nature as it is dynamic and random I doubt anyone can acquire the same results, even the smallest variable changes the picture that is why everyone is unique and beautiful in its own way.
What next recreate Windows wallpaper? This seems like unoriginal work. I get the experience and excitement component we have all been there done that, what I don’t get is what is the point other than to take someone else’s creativity and recreate it in a 100% unattainable natural way.
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If they did something original, they wouldn't have gotten a free Macrumors article. You could argue that this isn't photographically creative (though admittedly far more difficult than being original), but it does seem like pretty creative marketing
Maybe I missed it, but what are they marketing they skill, business of photography, services, what are they selling other than nature’s beauty that is ever changing every millisecond of our lives. Don’t misunderstand me the pictures are beautiful as I love nature anyone can take our similar one and would be just as beautiful, my question is why other than the obvious and lack of creativity.
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What would have been cool that this trio produced would be dynamic wallpaper for macOS that did not support at the time. It would have had a nostalgic feel and have added value to recreate previous OS default wallpaper with the revision of the present. That is what I would have called creative and worth the MR article. Lost oppprtunity.
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Apple has at its disposals a multitude of professional photographers. Sure it may have the it’s now cool factor to get some semi-pro photographers and some 15 mins of fame but how is this original. In another post I mentioned was that if this trio recreated prior wallpaper that was dynamic that would have been cool and original. This is just shameful advertising with a lost opportunity. What next I take out a bunch of pictures of California landmarks and hope Apple takes a similar pic.
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I have had the misfortune to work in said place a very very long time ago, I would not recommend it
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Cool... its a nice way to spend a weekend.. have a little adventure in life. What we experience and what we remember defines us... for them this adventure will always be a reminder that they can achieve their goal if they put their mind and heart into it... i guess every time they look at the picture they will remember that yes they can do it
Bonding with friends in an adventure catalyzed by mutual interests and the love of the outdoors is a winner’s life.
Taking to the internet to bash a feel-good story about an achievement of theirs that harmed no one and brought them and some other people joy is a loser’s life.
Now pulling off a location shoot of that would be a neat trick!The old space wallpapers in OS X 10.5-10.8 were great, I wish Apple would bring these back. Especially now that they go so well with the dark mode.