Uzique
dasein.
+2,865|6719
now that's more like it. or 20 for $10 bucks at the disposable lab.
libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual. http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6850|132 and Bush

Uzique wrote:

but you acknowledge there's more to painting a masterpiece than taking a photo of the year (or decade, even?)

taking a great photo is often being in the right place, in the midst, that's the beauty of photography (and the camera as a tool)

whether or not you 'appreciate' fine art is a matter of taste and education/raising i suppose; being able to recognise genius should be intuitive.
It's not just being in the right place, it's finding the right place. It takes patience to be a good photographer. The equipment used in photography doesn't really account for much. It's less than half of the ingredients imo. People are sold on the idea that they need to spend thousands in order to be good. The best photographs are usually the ones in which the photographer has relied on their own creativity.
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Dilbert_X
The X stands for
+1,815|6355|eXtreme to the maX

Hurricane2k9 wrote:

faux art lol
There's a difference between creating art and simply studying what other people have created I guess.

If Uzique looked closely he'd see I haven't derided art, simply derided people who take certain forms of art, and themselves, much too seriously while simultaneously ridiculing other forms and people.

Writing a 15,000 word critique of a novel is as weird as writing a 15,000 word critique of a photo TBH.
I don't see the value in either.

Last edited by Dilbert_X (2011-07-09 01:03:23)

Fuck Israel
Uzique
dasein.
+2,865|6719
so nothing should be said in response to art? how then would anyone really know how to understand and appreciate it? even goes for photography - especially the abstract stuff - if you don't have some external, secondary source delimiting or describing something of the piece to you, aren't you just shooting in the dark? even the name of a painting serves as secondary information that aids in your response and understanding. criticism is a huge discourse that runs concurrent to creativity and criticism - for good or bad - at times even shapes the cultural landscape we live in MORE than the raw creativity itself. all art (including photography) needs patrons, acceptance, understanders, followers, fans, supporters. criticism is the formal, organized expression of this. i see no problem with it at all. some of the best minds and polymaths have been first and foremost critics, theorists and people that respond to art, rather than those who create. creativity and criticism are two entirely different skillsets and aren't really comparable, anyway, in the same way as the 'process' of creation in painting/photography.

and of course, all this is said on the (mis)assumption that those who create do not critique, and vice versa.
libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual. http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/
Wallpaper
+303|6243|The pool
For those of you interested in the results of the 10 stop ND filter I bought (B+W construction is excellent, btw)

No filter (~1/45th):

http://img807.imageshack.us/i/img0998w.jpg/

Filter (~2 minutes):

http://img220.imageshack.us/i/img1005w.jpg/
cool wally, look forward to see more

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paintings i def respect more for it can be alot more work. my sister is a badass oil painter. she gets the respect to me.
i paint also but can be impatient, photography is great for me.
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i heard that at the design conference last month photography is the BIG thing now. that was nice to hear. glimmer of hope lol.

mista moff
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/lucky795/06_03_11Moth_3.jpg
Wallpaper
+303|6243|The pool
^ is that 50mm cropped a lot or a 50mm macro? One thing: for bugs, try to get down on their level; a lot of times it can make it more interesting. With that moth it would be pretty difficult though

Heres a weevil:

https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/5925290202_f50473d34c.jpg
Little Weevil Man by Gregory Moser, on Flickr

Last edited by Wallpaper (2011-07-10 22:19:22)

Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6850|132 and Bush

Wallpaper wrote:

^ is that 50mm cropped a lot or a 50mm macro? One thing: for bugs, try to get down on their level; a lot of times it can make it more interesting. With that moth it would be pretty difficult though

Heres a weevil:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/592 … 73d34c.jpg
Little Weevil Man by Gregory Moser, on Flickr
You've got amazing insect shots. Even if they do give me nightmares.
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Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6850|132 and Bush

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what is a weevil?? he's got such character
that was uhh a cropped pic, he was on the door
HITNRUNXX
Member
+220|6958|Oklahoma City

Wallpaper wrote:

One thing: for bugs, try to get down on their level; a lot of times it can make it more interesting. With that moth it would be pretty difficult though
https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/5933984311_5563a2e5d2.jpg
aerodynamic
FOCKING HELL
+241|6002|Roma
Fuck, Can't Stand Bugs!!!!
https://bf3s.com/sigs/8ea27f2d75b353b0a18b096ed75ec5e142da7cc2.png
eye to eye
down at their level
someone asked about a macro eye in the last few months... well here!
he was drying out on the bank of a lake, half there. s'gross. 
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/lucky795/04_09_11Blackwell250_422.jpg


this guy has a load of pollen, taken in early may
mr scarface
https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b320/lucky795/05_08_11MacFlower_78-1.jpg
Wallpaper
+303|6243|The pool
More 10 stop filter action. Shutter speed = 3 minutes

https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6008/5947113910_b8681b38b1_z.jpg
Seattle from Alki by Gregory Moser, on Flickr

EDIT: Moar

https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6030/5947828737_53141e74b3_z.jpg
Seattle from Alki 2 by Gregory Moser, on Flickr

Last edited by Wallpaper (2011-07-18 00:46:09)

Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6850|132 and Bush

How long was the second one? I love the smooth effect of long exposures.
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Wallpaper
+303|6243|The pool
1 minute. I could have gone slower, but I decided to use ISO 200 by that point because I was tired of standing around so long between shots. In hindsight, 2 minutes would have blurred the clouds a bit more which would have been nice
Kmar
Truth is my Bitch
+5,695|6850|132 and Bush

I was wondering if those were cumulus or cirrus. No telling with a 1 minute exposure. ..lol.
I checked your exif stuff. I figured the iso had to be turned down. Nice shots. I really like the second one.
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Superior Mind
(not macbeth)
+1,755|6941
Some quick snaps of lower Manhattan as seen from the narrows. They were taken a day apart.

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/9663/Viewfrompier7%3A16%3A11%3A.jpg

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/9663/Viewfrompier7%3A17.jpg

The tall building that's black on top and gray on the bottom where the WTC used to be is the new WTC as a WIP.

Last edited by Superior Mind (2011-07-19 16:47:50)

HITNRUNXX
Member
+220|6958|Oklahoma City

Superior Mind wrote:

The tall building that's black on top and gray on the bottom where the WTC used to be is the new WTC as a WIP.
As a WIP?
Uzique
dasein.
+2,865|6719
work in progress
libertarian benefit collector - anti-academic super-intellectual. http://mixlr.com/the-little-phrase/
HITNRUNXX
Member
+220|6958|Oklahoma City
Oh, duh, thank you.
tuckergustav
...
+1,590|6162|...

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blo … cing-photo

Too many to post, but these photos are pretty cool.  I am not afraid of heights, but I might think twice about having a seat on the edge of some of these buildings.

e: (oops fixed errors) Apparently I can still spell while drinking, just not the right words...lol
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CC-Marley
Member
+407|7077
Fuck that ! I couldn't do it. I'd freeze. Being honest. Always been scared of heights. I do do rollercoasters(no ferriswheels). I fly fine but I always have the crashing part in the back of my head.
west-phoenix-az
Guns don't kill people. . . joe bidens advice does
+632|6638
https://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p123/west-phoenix-az/BF2S/Grand_Canyon_5d6f9.jpg

https://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p123/west-phoenix-az/BF2S/Grand_Canyon_6d9y1.jpg
https://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p123/west-phoenix-az/BF2S/bf2s_sig_9mmbrass.jpg
Jenspm
penis
+1,716|6981|St. Andrews / Oslo

My pictures from today at the march in rememberence of 22/7/11.. (Click for the full gallery)

Didn't really have time to fix settings at all, most of them could've been a lot better. Oh well.

https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6011/5974778975_e010bcf152.jpg
https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/26774/flickricon.png https://twitter.com/phoenix/favicon.ico

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