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09/07/2007 02:08:34 AM · #76 |
Originally posted by briantammy:
this challenge is just WRONG. |
to clarify
I'm sorry, but to take precision instruments as these cameras are and use them to turn out pictures like these is horrifying. A blindfolded three-year old on a sugar high could do the same. Why don't we play a fine stradivarius by picking it with a broken rake and listen to it while eating corn-nuts and talking on the cell-phone. I just hope the rest of the photographic world doesn't see this.
Don't take me too serious.... :-) That just my impression...
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09/07/2007 02:11:49 AM · #77 |
Originally posted by briantammy:
Originally posted by briantammy:
this challenge is just WRONG. |
to clarify
I'm sorry, but to take precision instruments as these cameras are and use them to turn out pictures like these is horrifying. A blindfolded three-year old on a sugar high could do the same. Why don't we play a fine stradivarius by picking it with a broken rake and listen to it while eating corn-nuts and talking on the cell-phone. I just hope the rest of the photographic world doesn't see this.
Don't take me too serious.... :-) That just my impression... |
lol Why don't you tell us what you really think?
I think you summed it up quite nicely, btw. :) |
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09/07/2007 02:14:57 AM · #78 |
Originally posted by briantammy:
Originally posted by briantammy:
this challenge is just WRONG. |
to clarify
I'm sorry, but to take precision instruments as these cameras are and use them to turn out pictures like these is horrifying. A blindfolded three-year old on a sugar high could do the same. Why don't we play a fine stradivarius by picking it with a broken rake and listen to it while eating corn-nuts and talking on the cell-phone. I just hope the rest of the photographic world doesn't see this.
Don't take me too serious.... :-) That just my impression... |
Guess you didn't like the blur side challenge either then? |
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09/07/2007 02:16:02 AM · #79 |
| there is a sense of truth to what your saying, but at least the voters now can't complain about photo's not being sharp enough :-P |
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09/07/2007 02:18:56 AM · #80 |
Originally posted by briantammy:
Originally posted by briantammy:
this challenge is just WRONG. |
to clarify
I'm sorry, but to take precision instruments as these cameras are and use them to turn out pictures like these is horrifying. A blindfolded three-year old on a sugar high could do the same. Why don't we play a fine stradivarius by picking it with a broken rake and listen to it while eating corn-nuts and talking on the cell-phone. I just hope the rest of the photographic world doesn't see this.
Don't take me too serious.... :-) That just my impression... |
Are you saying that we are not allowed to interpet the world as we feel it thru the cameras we love? The world is in a constant state of change around us, and we can hold on to a moment with an image, or shoot for the impression that the moment makes on our senses. The same applies to painting. I like Norman Rockwell, but II wouldn't mind having one or two nice Monet paintings hanging on my wall.
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09/07/2007 02:19:34 AM · #81 |
Originally posted by JeffDay:
Originally posted by briantammy:
Originally posted by briantammy:
this challenge is just WRONG. |
to clarify
I'm sorry, but to take precision instruments as these cameras are and use them to turn out pictures like these is horrifying. A blindfolded three-year old on a sugar high could do the same. Why don't we play a fine stradivarius by picking it with a broken rake and listen to it while eating corn-nuts and talking on the cell-phone. I just hope the rest of the photographic world doesn't see this.
Don't take me too serious.... :-) That just my impression... |
Guess you didn't like the blur side challenge either then? |
actually many of the blur images are great. I'm not trying knock anyone, i just thought the whole impressionism concept seemed kinda odd.
Message edited by author 2007-09-07 02:20:44. |
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09/07/2007 02:21:03 AM · #82 |
Take the Monet and run :-)
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09/07/2007 02:22:20 AM · #83 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Take the Monet and run :-) |
:-D
I'll be top ten by tommorrow morning. |
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09/07/2007 02:24:15 AM · #84 |
Originally posted by briantammy:
A blindfolded three-year old on a sugar high could do the same. |
What I have entered, there is no way a three old could do. Believe me. Some of the photos are no joke. (at least not mine). |
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09/07/2007 02:25:38 AM · #85 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by ursula:
Nah. I'm a wise woman, I didn't enter :P |
Agreed... can't wait to be out. |
I wasn't as wise - I entered ;-(
But I'll be out soon. |
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09/07/2007 02:25:59 AM · #86 |
Originally posted by zxaar:
Originally posted by briantammy:
A blindfolded three-year old on a sugar high could do the same. |
What I have entered, there is no way a three old could do. Believe me. Some of the photos are no joke. (at least not mine). |
i know, there are some very nice photos in there for sure. |
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09/07/2007 02:26:52 AM · #87 |
Originally posted by briantammy:
Originally posted by briantammy:
this challenge is just WRONG. |
to clarify
I'm sorry, but to take precision instruments as these cameras are and use them to turn out pictures like these is horrifying. A blindfolded three-year old on a sugar high could do the same. Why don't we play a fine stradivarius by picking it with a broken rake and listen to it while eating corn-nuts and talking on the cell-phone. I just hope the rest of the photographic world doesn't see this.
Don't take me too serious.... :-) That just my impression... |
Are you saying that we are not allowed to interpet the world as we feel it thru the cameras we love? The world is in a constant state of change around us, and we can hold on to a moment with an image, or shoot for the impression that the moment makes on our senses. The same applies to painting. I like Norman Rockwell, but II wouldn't mind having a couple of nice Monet's hanging on my wall.
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09/07/2007 02:31:12 AM · #88 |
I also feel like pulling mine, BUT I am NOT, as it is a true IMPRESSIONISM, as I studied art, and know what IMPRESSIONISM is.....and I think the image/photo is pretty good also, so thats what counts.....
Message edited by author 2007-09-07 11:05:21. |
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09/07/2007 08:46:33 AM · #89 |
I went through and looked at the entries, I'm not sure if I should vote or not, or even know how to vote on this, some of the thumbs looked great until I opened them. When I was looking into the deffinition of impressionism, some of the main factors are: open composition, the lighting,(a certain lighting) visible brush strokes, the subject should be of ordinary things, now if I do end up voting, I will go back and read the meaning again, maybe that'll help. Usually I'm not so worried about voting, but this one I'm unsure about.
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09/07/2007 08:50:13 AM · #90 |
Originally posted by liberty:
I went through and looked at the entries, I'm not sure if I should vote or not, or even know how to vote on this, some of the thumbs looked great until I opened them. When I was looking into the deffinition of impressionism, some of the main factors are: open composition, the lighting,(a certain lighting) visible brush strokes, the subject should be of ordinary things, now if I do end up voting, I will go back and read the meaning again, maybe that'll help. Usually I'm not so worried about voting, but this one I'm unsure about. |
Oooh-oooh! Please, please vote. I LOVE your definition!!! :D |
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09/07/2007 08:51:47 AM · #91 |
There are some outstanding photos in this challenge. I'm really going to enjoy voting and commenting on them, including finding Doc's after the challenge is over. You can run, but you can't hide!
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09/07/2007 08:55:53 AM · #92 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
There are some outstanding photos in this challenge. I'm really going to enjoy voting and commenting on them, including finding Doc's after the challenge is over. You can run, but you can't hide! |
I could not use the word "photo" as a description of the majority of the submissions, but hey, that's me. Enjoy the voting. |
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09/07/2007 09:00:39 AM · #93 |
Originally posted by Marjo:
Originally posted by posthumous:
There are some outstanding photos in this challenge. I'm really going to enjoy voting and commenting on them, including finding Doc's after the challenge is over. You can run, but you can't hide! |
I could not use the word "photo" as a description of the majority of the submissions, but hey, that's me. Enjoy the voting. |
And how do you feel about the current Free Study running under Expert Editing rules? :) Lot's of non-photos in there. :P |
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09/07/2007 09:03:11 AM · #94 |
Quote I read off I believe an encarta site "Impressionism (art), a movement in painting that originated in France in the late 19th century. Impressionist painters were considered radical in their time because they broke many of the rules of picture-making set by earlier generations."
Kind of says it all, everyone here is having a hard time with impressionism art. Are they still photos, maybe not but they are art. It is very rare to see an out of camera shot and there are lots of people here that do not like to see any photshop effects except oversharp over saturated. This has been a fun challenge, not something I would normally do to a photo but it was interesting none the less. |
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09/07/2007 09:06:05 AM · #95 |
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by Marjo:
Originally posted by posthumous:
There are some outstanding photos in this challenge. I'm really going to enjoy voting and commenting on them, including finding Doc's after the challenge is over. You can run, but you can't hide! |
I could not use the word "photo" as a description of the majority of the submissions, but hey, that's me. Enjoy the voting. |
And how do you feel about the current Free Study running under Expert Editing rules? :) Lot's of non-photos in there. :P |
I usually don't even look at them. The problem is...I like a lot of the finished products but I still feel like the spirit of this photography site has shifted too much to post processing. I'm caught in the middle.
Personally, this impressionism challenge has convinced me to only enter basic or minimal challenges in the future and probably not too many.
Can I give my remaining membership away? |
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09/07/2007 10:17:58 AM · #96 |
Sheesh. Talk about narrow-minded. Only sharp photos should be taken by these "precision instruments"? I could've sworn the point was to use your tools to make something you wanted to express to the world. Not to use tools to create things that fit only one definition of photography. In the end, you're entitled to your opinion, but I'd like to encourage you to broaden your opinion.
And for those of you considering self-DQ: Sheesh again. Are you so afraid someone might not like what you've done that you're not interested in sharing your work with others who might like it? You thought it good enough to enter, after all. Doesn't your effort mean anything?
Does a score below 5 really mean you're worthless, or does it mean you missed the mark with the average voter? And even if you did, I guarantee you there will be people who vote your shot highly. There always are.
Just once, relax about the average score and see how specific people react.
Finally, I'm as baffled about the definition as anyone. Liberty, I saw the same Wikipedia article that talks about "open composition" and "changing light" and for the life of me, I have no clue what either one means. You quoted it, so can you explain it (he asked hopefully)?
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09/07/2007 10:51:13 AM · #97 |
The impressionism challenge is being a good focal point to get a lot of people thinking about the freedom to express their views differently.
I think we have given  briantammy enough thrashing about wanting us to all shoot sharp images.
I felt exactly the same way until I started experimenting with blur more. Looking back thru my image files, I can see where I was shooting for sharpness many times when a little or a lot of "unsharpness" would have expressed the feel that I was wanting to capture better.
The contest to see if digital is sharper and better than 35mm film which seemed to drive the digital fervor for a few years is over now.
A Ferrari can easily reach speeds of over 140 mph because it is a precision instrument, but you don't get to enjoy the scenery much at that speed
Let's all just enjoy being able to shoot as we please with our equipment, and the ability to share the results with people all over the world. : )
I like what  levyj413 said about seeing how specific people react.
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09/07/2007 11:10:07 AM · #98 |
Originally posted by posthumous:
There are some outstanding photos in this challenge. I'm really going to enjoy voting and commenting on them, including finding Doc's after the challenge is over. You can run, but you can't hide! |
You won't find it. ;) I'll be happy to share afterwards though. |
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09/07/2007 11:10:55 AM · #99 |
Originally posted by levyj413:
Finally, I'm as baffled about the definition as anyone. Liberty, I saw the same Wikipedia article that talks about "open composition" and "changing light" and for the life of me, I have no clue what either one means. You quoted it, so can you explain it (he asked hopefully)? |
Not exactly sure on the open composition but on the "changing light" perhaps this will help:
Think about how the way light plays upon a silk dress, the folds in a curtain, the various shades of greenery on a tree blowing in the wind, or a golden wheat field. There are variations of color depending on how the light plays off of it - certain times of the day give better light/color variations than others and that is certainly true with outdoor photography (mornings and late afternoons generally have the best light because it is scattered and not harsh).
Did I shed some light on the subject:-) ? |
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09/07/2007 11:51:43 AM · #100 |
Early on someone spoke with authority and said 'its all about the light'. Every photo is, but this seems to have had an unfortunate effect as some folks that actually read these threads based their interpretiation of impressionism on a fairly narrow understanding of that statement.
Look at a good chunk of Van Gogh's work - it's about the lack of light, the darkness, the despair. It's not all pastel colors and soft light. It's unfortunate that anything not looking fairly monet-esque is taking a bit of a beating (I gather).
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