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08/01/2003 03:11:47 AM · #26 |
Do the right angles have to be the subject?
In a photo I'd like to submit, the right angles serve as leading lines towards the subject. |
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08/01/2003 03:20:10 AM · #27 |
It doesn't always help to ask questions like that around here. Lots of ppl apparently don't read the description at all. Of those that do, there are always several interpretations. Having voters give out 1s to garden pics just for having a flower in them is a good example.
Having said that, IMO leading lines would work as long as they're obvious and strong elements in the composition. |
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08/01/2003 04:52:15 AM · #28 |
How about a "right angle" as in the right place to view something from...
as in the appropriate angle to look at something, would not be from behind a solid brick wall.
It seems regular and annoying that some voters take such a streamlined black + white interpretation of the meaning of the challenge, and leave little or no room for artistic or creative judgement.
Why does everyone think of "right angle" as 90 degrees?
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08/01/2003 05:19:12 AM · #29 |
because the challenge says 'create an image where right angles create the strength of the image'. Plural. Unless you have a very clever camera you're going to find it tricky with your creative approach :-)
Ed
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08/01/2003 05:21:40 AM · #30 |
Why does everyone think of "right angle" as 90 degrees?
Because the description states: Create a photograph where right angles produce the strength of the image.
It seems clear to me that this excludes the interpretation of angle as perspective since you can not have more than one angle (=perspective) on a photo. So the 90 degrees meaning is the only one left in my opinion.
Message edited by author 2003-08-01 05:23:30. |
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08/01/2003 11:35:41 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by Raven:
Why does everyone think of "right angle" as 90 degrees? |
Because that's the definition of a right angle.
Note: the description did not say "the right angle" (meaning the correct angle). It said "right angles", as in, 90-degree-angles. |
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08/01/2003 12:14:00 PM · #32 |
IMO...As crusty as I am i say do it however you interpret it to be, don't try to influence others, and when the voting is over you will know if you did it right according to public opinion.
This all reminds me of when my brother and I played horse shoes at a pitching club. We were partners and when I asked what the score was, one of the members said " Don't worry we will let you know when it is over". Kind of definitive, huh! :<)
Message edited by author 2003-08-01 17:24:38. |
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08/04/2003 03:41:31 PM · #33 |
| can you show me some exsample pic's pleas? |
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08/04/2003 04:33:22 PM · #34 |
As always, if the shot is great, I give it a ten, even if there's no right angle in it. I may take it to be an 'ironic' approach. If the shot has a perfect right angle as its subject and is techniqually good, but has no interest beyond the limits of the challenge, it's likely to fetch a three or thereabouts.
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08/04/2003 07:15:41 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by zeuszen:
As always, if the shot is great, I give it a ten, even if there's no right angle in it. I may take it to be an 'ironic' approach. If the shot has a perfect right angle as its subject and is techniqually good, but has no interest beyond the limits of the challenge, it's likely to fetch a three or thereabouts. |
By those lights, what's the point of there being a challnge subject at all? Of course you're free to vote that way, but ... it just doesn't make sense to me.
Ed
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08/04/2003 07:53:47 PM · #36 |
Originally posted by Gussi:
can you show me some exsample pic's pleas? |
Right angle photo  example
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08/04/2003 07:55:17 PM · #37 |
Originally posted by e301:
Originally posted by zeuszen:
As always, if the shot is great, I give it a ten, even if there's no right angle in it. I may take it to be an 'ironic' approach. If the shot has a perfect right angle as its subject and is techniqually good, but has no interest beyond the limits of the challenge, it's likely to fetch a three or thereabouts. |
By those lights, what's the point of there being a challnge subject at all? Of course you're free to vote that way, but ... it just doesn't make sense to me.
Ed |
The point, to me, is to see some great shots.
The point to post topical challenges is, I believe, to spurn creativity by limiting subject choices.
For some reason, I never quite understood, this works like a charme for 90 some-odd-percent of people. I accept this. I don't see any creativity in voting and vote according to perceived quality and merit. This way
my critical faculties are less likely to be curbed by secondary considerations, in terms of the voting process. |
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08/05/2003 07:01:17 PM · #38 |
Originally posted by pitsaman:
Originally posted by Gussi:
can you show me some exsample pic's pleas? |
Right angle photo example |
acute |
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08/07/2003 10:19:17 AM · #39 |
Originally posted by roleychiu:
Originally posted by pitsaman:
Originally posted by Gussi:
can you show me some exsample pic's pleas? |
Right angle photo example |
acute |
This is a wonderful pic and I would have rated it 10, if it was in the competition. (I rated all the partecipatings pics and I did not find any 10 just to mention how picky I can be..).
However, coming to the topic of the challenge, did anyone notice that even a flat angle could be the right one?
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08/07/2003 10:42:57 AM · #40 |
Originally posted by aiweaver:
A triangle containing a right angle is called a right triangle. However, a triangle cannot contain more than one right angle, since the sum of the two right angles plus the third angle would exceed the 180* total possessed by a triangle. |
What a sad Euclidian world you live in. |
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08/07/2003 11:28:56 AM · #41 |
Im really carefull when I write things in these posts. Because I vote on other peoples photos on this website.
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