04-06-11 – Artsy-Fartsy

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  • #39115
    ennuipoet
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    Thoughts? Because there can bee only one…

    For this theme, two is the way to go. #1 is sharp, tight, unmistakable as to the subject and intent. But this theme is artsy fartsy, so #2 with it’s quirk, ambiguity and motion lends itself to the theme. To put it another way, #1 I can see in National Geographic, #2 I can see in a high brow art photograph magazine.

    #39116
    sleeping
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    I’d like not to ask, but I’m in a quandary about one of my photos. The session was ‘bees’, literally, and there were lots of good images.

    The second one is much more interesting, but I might crop it a little bit tighter if it was mine.

    #39117
    clouddancer
    Participant

    Opinions on any of the below, pour favor? All are Fark contest size. I don’t think I’m objective (?) enough on them, so I’d like outside opinion. I would probably only use two of these as I took some today for a more abstract feel (haven’t post-processed yet, but they are off the camera).

    http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r69/clouddancer19/Farktography/Artsy/berries2small.jpg
    http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r69/clouddancer19/Farktography/Artsy/berries1small.jpg
    http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r69/clouddancer19/Farktography/Artsy/blueflamesmall.jpg
    http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r69/clouddancer19/Farktography/Artsy/flame1small.jpg
    http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r69/clouddancer19/Farktography/Artsy/fallenflowersmall.jpg

    Thanks.

    #39118
    olavf
    Participant

    I’m presuming street photography stuff is okay, but one should shy away from landscapes and the lot?

    /I think I have FarkConaire’s Disease and am not thinking too good today

    #39119
    kashari
    Participant

    hmmm…I just had a thought, can I use a picture of a painting I did? I’m not sure I’d really want to do this, but thought I’d ask.

    eta: in case it makes a difference, the paintings are ‘reproductions’, ones that I did in an art class using a picture of a painting as a reference guide. So it’s not my ‘design’, but I did make some changes from the originals.

    #39120
    ravnostic
    Participant

    Opinions on any of the below, pour favor?

    Thanks.

    I like #4 the best. What the heck is that?

    Thanks for the opines on mine, guys!

    #39121
    clouddancer
    Participant

    Rav, That is essentially a huge propane torch. Husband got it recently when we had bunches of ice to help get rid of some of the really thick ice. It has other uses. It’s really pretty. The flame is blue, but the orange sparks are from rock salt that got put down in that area while the torch was going.

    #39122
    U-Man
    Participant

    Thoughts? Because there can bee only one…

    For this theme, two is the way to go. #1 is sharp, tight, unmistakable as to the subject and intent. But this theme is artsy fartsy, so #2 with it’s quirk, ambiguity and motion lends itself to the theme. To put it another way, #1 I can see in National Geographic, #2 I can see in a high brow art photograph magazine.

    I agree. I like both shots but the second fits this theme better. The caption could draw in a handful of ‘Fark votes’ (as opposed to photography votes).

    #39123
    kashari
    Participant

    Are we allowed to overexpose via software exposure compensation or is that too much software involvement?

    #39124
    Farktographer
    Participant

    If you’re able to do it such that it looks like you did it with a camera (I’d say no more than +2 EV), then perhaps? I’d be worried that’s getting a little too dependent on the software instead of the photo, though.

    #39125
    kashari
    Participant

    If you’re able to do it such that it looks like you did it with a camera (I’d say no more than +2 EV), then perhaps? I’d be worried that’s getting a little too dependent on the software instead of the photo, though.

    Ok, thanks. It’s a moot point for this shot anyway, I forgot I’d had to clean up a bunch of floating crap in the water.

    #39126
    Elsinore
    Keymaster

    If you’re talking about moving the exposure slider for a RAW image, that’s fine.

    #39127
    orionid
    Participant

    Thoughts? Because there can bee only one…

    For this theme, two is the way to go. #1 is sharp, tight, unmistakable as to the subject and intent. But this theme is artsy fartsy, so #2 with it’s quirk, ambiguity and motion lends itself to the theme. To put it another way, #1 I can see in National Geographic, #2 I can see in a high brow art photograph magazine.

    Sorry I’ve been silent on this one, I’ve been busy with work the last few days. Ennuipoet pretty much summed it up. The image in my head was any photo where an old rich broad in a mink coat might look at it, and tapping the end of her eyeglasses on her chin, say something like “OOoohh, the photographer obviously wants to convey a sense of whatever” while John Q. Trailerpark would look at it and say “Why’d you take a picture of half a dude’s head?”

    /nothing against trailers, used to live in one.

    #39128
    Elsinore
    Keymaster

    hmmm…I just had a thought, can I use a picture of a painting I did? I’m not sure I’d really want to do this, but thought I’d ask.

    eta: in case it makes a difference, the paintings are ‘reproductions’, ones that I did in an art class using a picture of a painting as a reference guide. So it’s not my ‘design’, but I did make some changes from the originals.

    I think something like this is fair game if it is included in some sort of context–some wall around the frame or whatever–or some sort of interesting small bit from the painting. But if you shoot and/or crop in such a way as to include the whole painting itself, then I think it toes the line..it’s basically a reproduction of the painting and not so much an original photograph, if that makes sense.

    #39129
    QueenBee
    Participant

    I also wanted to use a painting I recently did…but only a section and nice and close so you can see the strokes and the texture of the canvas. That’d be OK right?

    http://i54.tinypic.com/30vypu0.jpg

    Also, this would have to be linked if I decided to use it, right? (probably NSFW)

    http://i54.tinypic.com/11ukdg7.jpg

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