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07/24/2004 04:01:29 AM · #1 |
I have noticed that as someone gets better at doing things, the way they do them become less and less obvious. They still do them based on the same basic 'rules' (yes I know there is a large following that hate that word), but they make the use of those 'rules' non-obvious.
So, in the spirit of the 'photograph depicting ______, without actually photographing a _______' type challenges, I propose a type of challenge that uses non-obvious (NO) techniques. Obviously, some techniques are easier to make non-obvious, but the ease of the challenge should not be a determining factor -- now should it.
Some NO-technique samples would be: non-obvious leading lines, the lines won't be actual lines in the photo, but will be suggested based on other elements of the composition or perhaps a non-obvious rule of thirds, in which the power points are used -- but not directly, such as a suggested point of convergence or intersection of other compositional elements or perhaps as the fulcrum point of the compositional balance.
I know the voters will not know what to do with something that is not 'slap me in the face' obvious, but I'm sure they will survive -- and as Nietzsche says, it will only make them stronger. :D
What do you think?
David
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07/24/2004 06:14:35 AM · #2 |
| Completely stumped. Have you got some 'examples' of what you might mean? |
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07/24/2004 07:21:07 AM · #3 |
I can just see it now. ha ha! Saw the leading line in like 2 seconds. 2. lol
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07/24/2004 07:56:32 AM · #4 |
would this work?
seems as though it would be a difficult one to vote on.
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07/24/2004 11:25:31 AM · #5 |
Or how about this one?
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07/24/2004 12:23:10 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by TooCool:
Or how about this one? |
Classic frame within a frame composition (1)
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07/24/2004 05:53:53 PM · #7 |
Gordon, you're not scoring this a 1 are you? please explain
Well, for a 'no tech' shot.....must be your tongue in cheek.
Nice shot Cool
Message edited by author 2004-07-24 17:54:11. |
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07/24/2004 06:20:01 PM · #8 |
Thanks for the 'examples'. Which rule(s) are they making non-obvious?
Perspective? Rule of thirds? |
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07/24/2004 07:59:10 PM · #9 |
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07/24/2004 08:18:08 PM · #10 |
If the photographers shooting for it and the voters are looking for it, how do you possibly make it non-obvious?
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07/24/2004 08:35:33 PM · #11 |
i can see the point with the idea.
and also how many wouldn't
this a better example?
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07/24/2004 09:39:54 PM · #12 |
alright i took this for the hypothetical challenge...
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07/24/2004 10:17:05 PM · #13 |
in the last photo
1) the subject ( cigarette ) is not in focus
2) the focal point is centered
3) the framing is very tight
however it follows the rule of thirds on a number of levels.
errrrr
Message edited by author 2004-07-24 22:32:34.
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07/26/2004 05:26:32 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by David Ey:
Gordon, you're not scoring this a 1 are you? please explain
Well, for a 'no tech' shot.....must be your tongue in cheek.
Nice shot Cool |
I'd score it a one in the theme of the 'challenge' to show no obvious techniques at all. It totally fails on that count.
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