Originally posted by bear_music:
It has been commented in this thread that the "real" depiction of perspective in photography constitutes parallel lines vanishing to a point. There's at least a strong implication that the vanishing point needs to be within the frame of the image.
Accepting, for the sake of argument, that "vanishing points" and "perspective" are synonymous (or should have been) for the purposes of this challenge, I strongly disagree that the vanishing point must be within the image frame for it to work. That simply isn't true.
Further, I strongly disagree that the blue-ribon entry is not a strong example of vanishing points: if the boat had been a concrete black in the middle of the water, you'd have NO trouble seeing the receding perspective strongly expressed.
See what I mean? Perfectly straightforward use of vanishing point. It seems to me the image is VERY "perspective oriented". Imagine it shot from just as low but much further back with a more-telephoto lens: the perspective would be MUCH less obvious. This is pretty elementary in my mind.
That the photographer ALSO incorporated a "unique perspective" (i.e. point-of-view) is a bonus, so to speak. The image works at BOTH levels of the word "perspective" and, IMO, this is why it ribboned. Apart from the fact that it's drop-dead gorgeous, of course.
Granted, there are "better" mechancial or technical depictions of "perspective" in this challenge (including my shot, which finished down in the 100's) but since when are the challengers rewarded solely on the basis of their TECNICAL understanding/depiction of the topic?
sz1 followed the topic EXACTLY; he vreated an image that uses perspective (2 different kinds of it even) to create visual impact. I think this is easily the "best" on-topic photograph in the challenge.
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