What does it take to be creative?

04/29/2008 04:59:33 PM · #101

Originally posted by Jaker:

This has been a very interesting and informative thread. I've enjoyed reading it thoroughly. I may have to enter one of these side challenges...

I am glad I have created something people enjoyed

04/29/2008 05:00:09 PM · #102

My "Learning to see creatively" book arrived today

yanko

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04/29/2008 07:18:30 PM · #103

Originally posted by Louis:

Originally posted by pawdrix:
BTW I don't think anyone here can teach me to think creatively as you do...or kiwiness or yanko or whomever. When I see a Challenge theme...I'm totally blank. Nothing there.

I can really relate to this. Challenges truly leave me scratching my head, and I apparently have no means to execute their theme into any kind of original photograph. Probably why I've stopped entering them completely. I'm clueless. Not that I think I'm creatively handicapped, or that I'm a crap photographer, but it seems that the restraint of the challenge theme leaves me atrophied beyond all hope. I think this is just a variation of Gordon's observation that many people seem to stop before even trying, that the game is up due to a glut of excuses, though I'm much better at simply taking pictures of stuff that's personally interesting, even if it's meaningless to most everyone else. To wit:

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Would any of these challenge ideas help? Not that any will get picked since they have been collecting dust for some time now...

Abstract Humanity

Mannerism

Scalvert Challenge

Originality Challenge

OOF Challenge

pawdrix

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04/29/2008 08:29:03 PM · #104

[quote=yanko]
Would any of these challenge ideas help? Not that any will get picked since they have been collecting dust for some time now...

Abstract Humanity

Too many syllables.

04/29/2008 10:00:58 PM · #105

JulietNN,

Here is my flower photo.

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04/29/2008 10:05:14 PM · #106

is that processed or straight from the camera???

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04/29/2008 10:18:33 PM · #107

All right I am way too blonde to be able to put an image in. I clicked the image thing, then pasted the url and it still didnt work. so will have to put a thumb nail in as I know how to do that.
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Message edited by author 2008-04-29 22:21:18.

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04/29/2008 10:22:21 PM · #108

Not much to critique on yours, I really like it. I love the angle that you got it from, the colours are soft and inviting.

For someone that claims to have photographic block, you are pretty darn good!

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04/29/2008 10:23:00 PM · #109

ANNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDD it is your turn to pick a subject for tommorrow

04/29/2008 10:23:13 PM · #110

Originally posted by JulietNN:

is that processed or straight from the camera???

processed.

04/29/2008 10:29:32 PM · #111

I like your photo a lot. I like how the flowers are aligned vertically and the way they stand out. Did you use flash?

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04/29/2008 10:30:14 PM · #112

no 11 am sunlight on a cactus and about 90 degrees lol,

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04/29/2008 10:30:54 PM · #113

how did you process yours??? what did you do???

04/29/2008 10:34:37 PM · #114

Originally posted by JulietNN:

how did you process yours??? what did you do???

not much. Processed RAW then I added a tiny bit of saturation, but not much, USM with 0 threshold and just sharpened. that's it. what about you?

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04/29/2008 10:46:17 PM · #115

sharpened, thats it. lol, wasnt sure what you had done, so left it pretty much alone. I am not sure what or how I would process this one. WHat would you do?

04/29/2008 10:56:24 PM · #116

Originally posted by JulietNN:

sharpened, thats it. lol, wasnt sure what you had done, so left it pretty much alone. I am not sure what or how I would process this one. WHat would you do?

do you shoot RAW or jpg?