stompyq
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I really don't mind the look. Just looks like cross processed film in the digital age. Seems like i'am the minority here.
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Roger Hicks
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Perhaps the problem is that it's so passé. Anyone else remember the Bonzo's track:
Jazz: Delicious hot. Disgusting cold.
Cheers,
R.
Jazz: Delicious hot. Disgusting cold.
Cheers,
R.
RObert Budding
D'oh!
We live in a society that heaps too much praise upon modest achievement, particularly when children are involved. So when you see an honest critique you interpret it as hate. No, some of us quite honestly do not like the photos. Simple as that.
Roger Hicks
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RObert Budding
D'oh!
I have two teenage sons, so I've seen a lot of overenthusiastic parents. My own kids do receive praise, too, but only when they've earned it. Call me old fashioned if you like.
Roger Hicks
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Exactly. Fake, fake, fake.
Digitally, you can fake just about any photographic process if you want to, though admittedly, Daguerreotypes are difficult. Cross processing of film was an interesting idea when it first appeared. Then it became dull, unimaginative and derivative. Then we got bad, digital imitations of dull, unimaginative, derivative film technique...
Most of the artists I know care quite a lot about the media that they use, and about remaining faithful to their chosen medium. To me, this style is about equivalent to printing on canvas-textured inkjet paper and then covering the print with fake brush-strokes in a clear medium.
Then you get people who can't separate 'hate fellow photographers' from 'dislike this technique intensely, especially when badly executed'...
Anyone do HDR Holga? I've seen more HDR that I like than this sort of stuff. As I say, no-one is obliged to like everything. To those who want to hop on any given bandwagon, I say, "Good luck."
Cheers,
R.
Phantomas
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Photographic equivalent of Jehovah witness knocking on my door sunday morning. Git! Git!
daveleo
what?
Okay. Some people like the pictures, some don't.
What did anyone expect ?
What's next on the agenda? A poll ?
What did anyone expect ?
What's next on the agenda? A poll ?
Roger Hicks
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In all seriousness, why did you reply?
I wanted to see how others felt about it, and also to help clarify my own feelings about why I disliked it so much.
Interacting with other people is a good way to clarify one's own thoughts. The alternative, after all, is self-satisfied solipsism.
Cheers,
R.
skibeerr
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I am in love with North India and Nepal, went there only three times for trekkings but if money and a crooked knee permit I will go back.
This series on Flickr shows my first steps in Photography with a Pentax 70 slr with kit lens and no knowledge of vignetting ;-)
I wish I had half the talent and the Hipsta / I phone at that time, the effect would not have bothered me 😀
Just under the top of the Mera Peak with a Pentax all weather digi point and shoot.
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This series on Flickr shows my first steps in Photography with a Pentax 70 slr with kit lens and no knowledge of vignetting ;-)
I wish I had half the talent and the Hipsta / I phone at that time, the effect would not have bothered me 😀
Just under the top of the Mera Peak with a Pentax all weather digi point and shoot.
IMGP0148 by wim_b, on Flickr[/IMG]
thegman
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Skibeerr, that is a great photo.
About the BBC photos, I don't like them. I think they are really good photographs, but the idea of applying PP to make them look like expired film or whatever I don't like and find it inauthentic. The fact that they're on the website of an organization like the BBC makes it even worse for me.
Instagram is fun for people, I'm sure, and great photos have been taken with it, but it's a type of fakery I find unpleasant.
About the BBC photos, I don't like them. I think they are really good photographs, but the idea of applying PP to make them look like expired film or whatever I don't like and find it inauthentic. The fact that they're on the website of an organization like the BBC makes it even worse for me.
Instagram is fun for people, I'm sure, and great photos have been taken with it, but it's a type of fakery I find unpleasant.
RObert Budding
D'oh!
No Poll
No Poll
We'll skip the poll. We want to know who likes the photos and who doesn't. And why. And we like to chat things up a bit. A poll won't give us that.
No Poll
We'll skip the poll. We want to know who likes the photos and who doesn't. And why. And we like to chat things up a bit. A poll won't give us that.
RObert Budding
D'oh!
So this is your contribution to the conversation? Sheesh!
daveleo
what?
I was being sarcastic about the poll.
Problem is, invariably in these arguable threads, someone drops an unpleasant word and thread gets personal and divergent after that. If people want to argue about who'e right or wrong or who's pictures are better than the other guys . . . fine . . . I'm out . . . is Impressionism better than Abstract ? . . . another dogfight.
jarski
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IMO these Instagram & Hipstamatic effects are only way produce least somewhat appealing photos using cell phone cameras. layer on top of photo hides the defects of tiny lens and sensor, and end result even seems more credible than using same effect used on photo from good lens and camera.
Roger Hicks
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No, I never have been to Mustang/Lo, let alone written books on it.
Yes, the opinions of others have helped me clarify why I dislike these pictures, assuming that's what you meant by asking if I felt clarifed.
Furthermore, the pictures themselves have been brought to the attention of others who might not otherwise have seen them. Some might even like them. I thought it intriguing that such pictures might now be considered 'mainstream'.
Had you ANY reason for your posts in this thread except being mildly unpleasant to me?
Cheers,
R.
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funkydog
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Perhaps we're doing the artist a favor. His may have intended his controversial style to stoke discussion and comment. In this age of attention seeking whoredom, any kind of publicity is good. Would any of us have given his pictures the figurative time of day if the pictures were made with a Nikon dslr?
Roger Hicks
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Turtle
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I agree that the style is imposed upon the subject matter and it does nothing for me other than look like an opportunity lost. It does not bother me so much as leave me asking 'why?'
The photographer may well have been having fun and there might not be anything more to it than that, but personally, faced with such a great opportunity, I'd have tried to create more depth and aimed at a more personal than effects based approach.
The photographer may well have been having fun and there might not be anything more to it than that, but personally, faced with such a great opportunity, I'd have tried to create more depth and aimed at a more personal than effects based approach.
RObert Budding
D'oh!
I'm not obtuse; my response was tongue-in-cheek.
Not sure why it bothers you if we have a conversation about this. You always have the option of not clicking into a thread.
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