02-27-08 – Yellow – Page 2 – Its not photography, its Farktography

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February 23, 2008 at 4:02 am #15105

U-Man
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I’m with corsec on keeping the neighbors around for contrast. What about something like this?

February 23, 2008 at 4:14 am #15106

Mr.BobDobalita
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yeah, I think the first one is cool… definately needs a crop though.

February 23, 2008 at 4:31 am #15107

Killerclaw
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Damn twigs.

February 24, 2008 at 6:41 pm #15098

Elsinore
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not that I have anything that would fit, but would yellow as in “coward” fit the theme?

I think that would be fair game. However, I think that it would be really difficult to get the voters to get it on a quick look. Perhaps a caption could sell it.

That’s actually something of a bug with me. I mean, I like a good title, but if you have to post a sentence or three to explain a photo and “sell” it to the voters? I dunno…

February 24, 2008 at 11:20 pm #15108

jekxrb
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not that I have anything that would fit, but would yellow as in “coward” fit the theme?

I think that would be fair game. However, I think that it would be really difficult to get the voters to get it on a quick look. Perhaps a caption could sell it.

That’s actually something of a bug with me. I mean, I like a good title, but if you have to post a sentence or three to explain a photo and “sell” it to the voters? I dunno…

Maybe if it were just labelled “Cowardice” or “Yellow-bellied”? Or a short, snappy title: “Yellow in the face of danger” (lame, but I’m spitballing here)?

I’m not going that road myself, but I think people would get it immediately. Of course, it all depends on what’s in the picture, but if you can make it humorous, it might do well.

I actually think that if it needs sentences of explanation, it won’t get the votes anyways.

February 25, 2008 at 7:14 am #15109

Choc-Ful-A
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So I’m going to assume from this example that a composition where yellow is the focus but in the minority from an overall color frequency perspective is acceptable for this contest? I was being too restrictive in scanning my negatives then, as usual. 🙂 If that sort of image is OK, I might go back through them again.

Also, can I get clarification on images that yellow due to the combination of evening light and expired film? I have one roll that came out overly saturated with the colors skewed as well. There’s a sand cliff that’s normally sandy brown that scanned in pretty yellow. I can post an example if that’s confusing. 🙂

February 25, 2008 at 1:44 pm #15110

Elsinore
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Well, I always considered color themes saying “dominant” should be the main focus and frequency, not the minority, however there were some color-as-focus-but-minority-frequency in the Red theme as well. It can be done, and I’ve seen at least one example in a Farktographer’s Flickr that fit the bill very nicely. I don’t know about the example above. The yellow does “pop”, but there are lots of colors present.

Choc-Ful-A: Yeah, an example might help. But from what you describe, it could fit. I kinda think of sand as yellow-y anyway.

I actually think that if it needs sentences of explanation, it won’t get the votes anyways.

Sometimes that’s true, but it happens probably more often than you’d think.

February 26, 2008 at 12:55 pm #15111

Morningbreath
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Well, I always considered color themes saying “dominant” should be the main focus and frequency, not the minority, however there were some color-as-focus-but-minority-frequency in the Red theme as well. It can be done, and I’ve seen at least one example in a Farktographer’s Flickr that fit the bill very nicely. I don’t know about the example above. The yellow does “pop”, but there are lots of colors present.

One of my photos does not have much yellow in it, but the small amount of yellow is a dominant characteristic of the photo, and what the eye is drawn to, so I am planning to use it.

February 26, 2008 at 4:12 pm #15112

Elsinore
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Yeah, like I said, it can be done. It also goes to show how even a seemingly simple theme can result in very different interpretations. I always enjoy the color themes, and I’m looking forward to this one.

February 28, 2008 at 1:11 am #15113

U-Man
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Mods, did you delete by black and white school bus?

February 28, 2008 at 1:15 am #15114

U-Man
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I think that I may have hit ‘redisplay/refresh’ rather than ‘Add comment”. My bad.

February 28, 2008 at 1:17 am #15115

Elsinore
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Why would a black and white photo qualify for a theme about the color yellow?

February 28, 2008 at 1:21 am #15116

U-Man
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Perhaps I was a bit out there, but I wanted to see if folks would get it that a school bus is still yellow in b&w. I was trying to be creative with the theme.

February 28, 2008 at 1:21 am #15117

swampa
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Because yellow is just a very light shade of black 😛

February 28, 2008 at 1:29 am #15118

Uranus
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already some of the shots have blown me away, so I have no high hopes for this one. Good work everyone!

i’m going back to bed……
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