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05/26/2006 12:56:11 PM · #1 |
Hey, I just lost Self-Portrait. Absolutely dead last. However, this was the most comments I have ever received. Looky here:
Self-Portrait
Expected bad, but not last. To be expected. This was not at all what I was hoping for, but one half hour was long enough. I couldn't suffer through another (forgot my iPod at home). Thanks for all the votes and comments.
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05/26/2006 12:58:50 PM · #2 |
| Some really got it though, loving the idea. I gave you a 4. I looked at it a long time, but I really had to vote on execution, which, in my inexperienced and humble opinion, might have been improved on somehow. Congratulations on the comments, and on the sheer creativity of thinking. |
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05/26/2006 01:10:58 PM · #3 |
i love the idea of this image, but i think you could have pulled it off better, definitely.
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05/26/2006 01:26:58 PM · #4 |
| I have tried to break my comments record with photos before, its kind of fun. LOL, you did it without even trying. Cheers to you :P |
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05/26/2006 01:31:35 PM · #5 |
Self portraits bring out the comments for sure. Last-place images get a lot of comments sometimes also. Depends how weird they are. In the last self portrait challenge I took next-to-last and for a long time that was my most-commented entry as well. Incidentally, I gave yours a 6; good concept, spotty execution. I liked it conceptually.
R.
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05/26/2006 01:43:11 PM · #6 |
| Sometimes mid to low scoring entries get few comments. At least you don't have to wonder why you got the reactions you did. Neat idea, but a tough one to pull off IMO. Looking back at it, I enjoy it. |
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05/26/2006 01:51:42 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Self portraits bring out the comments for sure. Last-place images get a lot of comments sometimes also. Depends how weird they are. In the last self portrait challenge I took next-to-last and for a long time that was my most-commented entry as well. Incidentally, I gave yours a 6; good concept, spotty execution. I liked it conceptually.
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I can easily understand that reasoning, but sometimes I feel like a conceptual piece is actually helped by a "poor" or "bad" execution, because it focuses attention on the concept even more. A good example would be the grain on your shot. I realize that grain was a more deliberate effect than what shanelighter did, and also contributed to the mood of the shot, but in both cases a "primitive" effect highlighted the concept. Success on this front is a highly subjective call, though.
I sometimes catch myself in a contradiction: I want "true art" to score higher, but then I realize that true art cannot be measured by any sort of objective standard like a score. That is when I align my yoni with my chakra and start to chant succasunna... succasunna... until I float away...
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05/26/2006 03:49:30 PM · #8 |
Shooting to meet the challenges is different than shooting for myself, or more gallery type setting, where perhaps this would be better received. It's a completely different audience. This audience is very much into a more traditional and commercial approach to photography.
As I said, half an hour was enough. I was sincerely hoping for a more detailed image of myself, although I was expecting some blur. But I get extremely bearanoid byself at the lake. Hence the blob.
As for the poor or bad execution of an artistic piece, I think that really only has merit when the effect is acheived on purpose, or at least selected as a good accident. When you see scratches on a Witkin print, they exist on purpose. I think there is an important, albeit very fine, line here.
For "true art" to score higher, you would first have to define true art (and there have been some very fine exceptions to the DPC rule). And that's a thread on it's own.
Here's the link:
Define Art
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05/26/2006 10:11:50 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by shanelighter:
As I said, half an hour was enough. I was sincerely hoping for a more detailed image of myself, although I was expecting some blur. But I get extremely bearanoid byself at the lake. Hence the blob. |
The interesting thing about art is that it can be created by children and madmen. |
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