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 04/22/2004 05:06:02 PM · #1
I'm not upset that my photo did poorly, but I would have liked constructive critizism. It seems that people just can't accept manure as a good subject. I'm curious if people just don't like turds or if I could have done the photo better. Thanks

Thanks in advance
 04/22/2004 05:09:14 PM · #2
sure, the photo could've been better if it had a different subject.
 04/22/2004 05:14:01 PM · #3
From a technical point of view, the shot lacks interest. the camera appears to have been pointed at the ground and the shot taken. Lighting is very flat, there is little feel for the texture of the subject and the composition could have been made more interesting by shooting from neraer the ground,

I think manure is perfectly acceptable as a subject but this photo does not tell us much about the subject. I was on holiday and thus didn't vote or comment on this challenge.

Constructive criticism I hope :))
 04/22/2004 05:16:37 PM · #4
Maybe people just don't see anything artistic in turds :)

I don't know how you could have improved it, the subject is very limiting. At least you off-centered it using the rule of turds, I mean thirds :P
 04/22/2004 05:16:38 PM · #5
Originally posted by andywightman:
From a technical point of view, the shot lacks interest. the camera appears to have been pointed at the ground and the shot taken. Lighting is very flat, there is little feel for the texture of the subject and the composition could have been made more interesting by shooting from neraer the ground,

I think manure is perfectly acceptable as a subject but this photo does not tell us much about the subject. I was on holiday and thus didn't vote or comment on this challenge.

Constructive criticism I hope :))


thanks! I definately see how a more dynamic angle would have helped.

ooh! would a boot print have helped?

Message edited by author 2004-04-22 17:17:49.
 04/22/2004 05:19:54 PM · #6
A boot print? Maybe some undigested corn? lol

Just kidding...
 04/22/2004 05:21:37 PM · #7
It would have been funnier if you had stepped in it. You could have shot it low down on the ground with your shoe half way flexed. Otherwise what andy said.
I can't stop laughing at the idea of seeing someone with that on their shoe! Yhuuew!
 04/22/2004 05:23:58 PM · #8
You'd be suprised how close I was to giving it a shoe print :)
 04/22/2004 05:26:06 PM · #9
Quickshutter,

Manure could work, but it needs to be more dynamic. I would recommend that you get up early in the morning and look for some fresh poop in the early morning light. If you are lucky and it's a cool morning, the poop will still be warm and you will get some steam rising from it. If the goal is to show strenght of smell, I think you need to get close and use a wider angle. The current perpective puts the viewer at a fairly same distance, but it will be more effective if they feel like they are right in the middle of it.

Message edited by author 2004-04-22 17:26:35.
 04/22/2004 05:28:59 PM · #10
Originally posted by Nusbaum:
Quickshutter,

Manure could work, but it needs to be more dynamic. I would recommend that you get up early in the morning and look for some fresh poop in the early morning light. If you are lucky and it's a cool morning, the poop will still be warm and you will get some steam rising from it. If the goal is to show strenght of smell, I think you need to get close and use a wider angle. The current perpective puts the viewer at a fairly same distance, but it will be more effective if they feel like they are right in the middle of it.


It's a good Idea, but I'm not sure I'm excided enough to wake up in the morning and go on a scavenger hunt for a pile of steaming turds.
(good idea though)
 04/22/2004 05:35:15 PM · #11
What do you like about your turd pic?
 04/22/2004 05:39:23 PM · #12
Originally posted by Jacko:
What do you like about your turd pic?


I like the sharpness, how the color of the grass varies and ofsets the turds. I thought it was a clever way to show strength. I like the layout, how it uses rule of thirds, and for some reason, the leaves in the upper right corner.
 04/22/2004 05:43:08 PM · #13
Originally posted by Nusbaum:
Quickshutter,

Manure could work, but it needs to be more dynamic. I would recommend that you get up early in the morning and look for some fresh poop in the early morning light. If you are lucky and it's a cool morning, the poop will still be warm and you will get some steam rising from it. If the goal is to show strenght of smell, I think you need to get close and use a wider angle. The current perpective puts the viewer at a fairly same distance, but it will be more effective if they feel like they are right in the middle of it.


so...go lay in a dewey wet field of cow or horse manure, before breakfast. Preferably get it with the dawn light, so finding it in the dark will surely requre a good sense of smell and leave many bootprints for later photography. LOL

As to finding steaming turds, I make my own every morning. Corn avaialable upon request. However, for that natural, dynamic undisturbed look, I will need to crap in the yard. My first feedback will no doubt come from my neigbors. LOL
 04/22/2004 05:45:28 PM · #14
This reminds me, I must dig out some of my old slides from around '78/'79. Seem to remember taking photos of horse 'droppings' swarming with bluebottle flies! My girlfriend at the time (wife now!) was not too impressed with my photogenic captures..


04/22/2004 06:04:54 PM · #15
Do you smell what the sun is cooking? :P Give a poo as a gift.

Message edited by author 2004-04-22 18:12:31.
 04/22/2004 06:07:39 PM · #16
Perhaps if you had artfully arranged the subject, say into a replica of the Taj Mahal.....never mind.
 04/22/2004 06:42:09 PM · #17
I would just like to say that all of you guys are freakn'funny. It is hard for me to type this because I am laughing so hard. Turds are just funny:)
 04/22/2004 06:44:24 PM · #18
Originally posted by faidoi:
Do you smell what the sun is cooking? :P Give a poo as a gift.


LMAO!!!
I think I might try to take a picture when my oldest has an accident, (still potty training)
or when the youngest fills his diaper full, hes so small how does all that stink come out of him!!
04/22/2004 06:59:21 PM · #19
More links you need:

//www.cynmar.com/product_info.php?cPath=73_79&products_id=2836

//www.toprocks.net/mall/more.asp?Prodid=11808
04/22/2004 07:43:53 PM · #20
these are all wonderfull! I just don't understand how people can't apreciate turds!
 04/22/2004 08:25:22 PM · #21
Originally posted by Quickslutter:
I'm not upset that my photo did poorly, but I would have liked constructive critizism. It seems that people just can't accept manure as a good subject. I'm curious if people just don't like turds or if I could have done the photo better. Thanks

Thanks in advance

Next time try 1 inch macro,that would work better :-)
 04/22/2004 09:22:21 PM · #22
Originally posted by ElGordo:
Perhaps if you had artfully arranged the subject, say into a replica of the Taj Mahal.....never mind.

... or how about rearranging it into the shape of a country's map? Then you could make quite a strong political point. At the moment, you're not that far away from a very smelly place... ;-)

(runs to duck)
 04/22/2004 09:33:19 PM · #23
Originally posted by Koriyama:
Originally posted by ElGordo:
Perhaps if you had artfully arranged the subject, say into a replica of the Taj Mahal.....never mind.

... or how about rearranging it into the shape of a country's map?

Or flag?
(Too late to duck)
 04/22/2004 11:41:14 PM · #24
Originally posted by GeneralE:
(Too late to duck)


Allright....Who's throwing crap?
 04/23/2004 12:19:48 AM · #25
Originally posted by TooCool:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
(Too late to duck)


Allright....Who's throwing crap?

I should have said waaayyy too late ... like by decades. :)
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