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Thread: Light in Narrow Spaces
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10-22-2007, 10:39 PM #21Originally Posted by goofball
IMO, there is way too much judging of photographs today by their technical merit. Unfortunately, I think it is too easy to miss the real power of an image, and instead look at images and think "oh, if only that corner was in better focus, it would be superb." It's always easier to meet the "technical" criteria of an image, because that criteria is defined and measurable, and quite frankly, always attainable if desired. But it's the intangible and unmeasurable qualities that make for great images.
So, that's my opinion. I'm sure there are many who won't agree. But for what it's worth, I think that image would be mighty powerful hanging on my wall in a nice large print. If you blow it up big, and take a step back to take it all in, I would bet 99 percent of all people could care less about that corner being out of focus....
Anyways, great shot.
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10-22-2007 10:39 PM # ADS
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10-23-2007, 04:59 AM #22Originally Posted by Cirrus2000
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10-23-2007, 08:06 AM #23
Here are a couple from Little Wild Horse I like a lot.
Tear down Dams, Build up Dreams!
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10-23-2007, 09:08 AM #24
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10-23-2007, 09:40 AM #25
it's from the trip we took with you. you had to bail early, I believe cause Lanik was sick.
Tear down Dams, Build up Dreams!
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10-23-2007, 10:16 AM #26
I am heading back to the Swell soon, so I hope to have more for this tread. In the mean time, Little Wild Horse...
-R
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10-23-2007, 01:17 PM #27Originally Posted by CarpeyBiggs
and i totally agree on the undue weight afforded technical criteria. to the naked eye, i dare anyone to tell which of 2 images was shot w/ one camera or another, or what film or software was used. mostly, the viewer colud not care less, but as artists it is easy to play favorites and think the work flow we develop is the pinnacle of artistic achievement.
i like to think i am a balance of the technical and the aesthetic. i realized after reading my post again that at proper viewing distance, that corner would look just fine. i spent many years perfecting my craft in the wet darkroom and as a lab tech w/ MANY verrrry picky commercial photographers. the technical aspect has to be understood. just as painters have to knoiw how to use a brush and illustrators a pen. each medium has its own qualitys that must be understood, or else results will be intermittently acceptable. i have heard people say, in response to things such as bellows extension factor, that they "do not believe in that stuff". wtf ? physics ? they do not believe in physics ? if i want teh same result time after time after time, and right the FIRST time, i understand the b-e-f so i can shoot once and have it ready for my client later that day or the next. efficiency and reliability are a must in commercial work. once all that painstaking technical knowledge is achieved it does get pushed back more, but it is always a factor in how we achieve the look we each want to please our aesthetic.
and me ? i'm a slave to tack sharp, corner to corner, and dynamic range tucked in nicely between my 11 zones. my one and only shortcomingsignature
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10-24-2007, 06:02 AM #28
following the LWHC theme .....
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10-24-2007, 07:35 AM #29
Summit, you've got a great collection of slot shots.
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11-16-2007, 10:09 AM #30
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11-16-2007, 12:50 PM #31
Dang Canyon
A little ways up Dang Canyon in the Swell last week...
-Richard
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11-16-2007, 01:07 PM #32
That is cool. It is a little M.C. Escher (sp.?) like in that it appears vertical at the bottom then shifts to a horizontal perspective at the top. Interesting indeed.
Life is Good
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12-06-2007, 09:46 PM #33
Stupid web site, keeping me from my homework, ok here are a couple of mine then it's time for my chemistry quiz.
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12-06-2007, 09:47 PM #34
A few more
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12-10-2007, 06:40 AM #35
Our friend from MI, Nikki, in Willis Creek.
Win
Quoting my best friend, Bob McNally, after a bad boating trip: "Nature scares me!"
Utah photos: www.winpics.fototime.com
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12-10-2007, 06:56 AM #36
My wife and our friend in a short canyon off Burr Trail Rd.
Win
Quoting my best friend, Bob McNally, after a bad boating trip: "Nature scares me!"
Utah photos: www.winpics.fototime.com
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12-10-2007, 07:20 PM #37
I've been in that short canyon on Burr Trail.
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12-17-2007, 11:17 AM #38
bw waterpocket fold study.
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12-20-2007, 11:36 AM #39
Here is my token slot pic of Kanarraville Canyon. Not a drool worthy camera as some on here; but I like it. My other half steped into frame to look at the sandstone, so I photoshoped her out.
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05-07-2008, 09:02 PM #40
been awhile since anything new hit here.
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