01-04-12 – Desolation – Its not photography, its Farktography

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December 20, 2011 at 8:51 pm #2486

Elsinore
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Landscapes that imply remoteness, such as deserts, swamps, bare trees, winter scenery.

Another quality theme by kestrana!

December 20, 2011 at 9:00 pm #42689

olavf
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Cool. I forget if people are allowed or not though.

December 20, 2011 at 10:31 pm #42690

ravnostic
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Oh, I’ve been waiting, not so patiently for this one! Yay!

December 21, 2011 at 3:35 am #42691

lokisbong
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Oh, I’ve been waiting, not so patiently for this one! Yay!

Me Too!!! I am surrounded by places that work for this one. I have about a thousand pictures to choose from already. lol

December 21, 2011 at 5:28 am #42692

Kestrana
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People are cool though the picture should be a landscape not a portrait.

December 23, 2011 at 4:42 am #42693

cameraflage
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Its gonna be hard to whittle it down to only three.

December 23, 2011 at 5:14 am #42694

olavf
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Kestrana Good to know- might have one or two that fit that.

January 1, 2012 at 2:31 pm #42695

Curious
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living here the swamps aren’t remote. but i may use one or two anyway.

January 2, 2012 at 3:33 pm #42696

Farktographer
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I remember there was a reason I wanted to photograph the desert before I left California…damn, need to go exploring here instead.

January 4, 2012 at 12:09 am #42697

Farktographer
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Can a large indoor room be considered landscape, if it gives the feeling of desolation? How desolate is “remote”? (i.e. if I have a photo of a tree with leaves, a tree without, and a landscape with nothing else, is that considered desolate enough?) Can desolate mean very much alive but without people? Struggling to narrow this one down for some reason. When I think “desolate” I don’t necessarily think desert and swamps – I think forests and meadows, too.

January 4, 2012 at 12:49 am #42698

lokisbong
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I have a few hundred bees for this one and a few shots planned for tonight if the weather cooperates. Way to many to list but after a day and a half of picking two of them will be from the last 24 hours. Especialy if it is clear at sunset.

January 4, 2012 at 12:50 am #42699
CauseISaidSo
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Yeah, the “implied remoteness” was throwing me, too. I don’t know if mine necessarily imply remoteness, but they fit definitions 1, 2, and/or 3:

des?o?late
1. barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
2. deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited.
3. solitary; lonely: a desolate place.
4. having the feeling of being abandoned by friends or by hope; forlorn.
5. dreary; dismal; gloomy: desolate prospects.
January 4, 2012 at 12:58 am #42700

lokisbong
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I have a truck pticture I just uploaded to flickr that fits 2 and 4 I thought when I took the picture.

edited for spelling. doh!

January 4, 2012 at 1:00 am #42701
Farktographer
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Yeah, the “implied remoteness” was throwing me, too. I don’t know if mine necessarily imply remoteness, but they fit definitions 1, 2, and/or 3:

des?o?late
1. barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
2. deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited.
3. solitary; lonely: a desolate place.
4. having the feeling of being abandoned by friends or by hope; forlorn.
5. dreary; dismal; gloomy: desolate prospects.
This is what I’ve been staring at…a meadow in the middle of a forest, full of grass and green, could be both remote and desolate, but I don’t know if that’s fitting for this theme or not. A dilapidated and empty building could be remote and desolate, but I also don’t know if that’s theme-fitting. Any clarifications, Kes?
January 4, 2012 at 1:09 am #42702

Yugoboy
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Not to speak for the contest submitter, but the first word in the description is “Landscapes”, so the meadow might, but the building might not, depending on how it’s shot… if it’s small enough in the frame to be a part of a larger landscape, I’d say “yea” but if the building fills the frame (or takes up a vast majority of it) I’d be less inclined to be supportive.

But that’s just me.
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