04-06-11 – Artsy-Fartsy

Silverstag; that streetlight is the ultimate in exposure perfection. I really like.

Thanks. See, there’s really no barrier to getting a well-exposed, perfectly focused view of a UFO.

One bee:
http://www.follandfamily.com/TF/farktography/110406.artsyfartsy/8552-manzar_can_tn.JPG
Steel can at Manzanar “National Historic Site”, otherwise known as the internment camp we tried to forget

Several bees here.
Really had a hard time deciding what was “artsy” enough for this one…

//there’s just a couple scarlet ‘r’s.

I’m impressed by the more ‘casual’ farktographer submissions. Tod_zilla is going to seize the day, I think–that is one sweet shot. And rsjohnson is coming in well with the Americana image, it’s his boobies. It’s a great example of why sometimes it’s okay to throw the rule-of-thirds out the window.

There’s 20 images that have 10 or more votes and it’s not even 10 hours into voting. *glee!*

X^0 (wait–that feels wrong…but is it right?); The B/W concert shot–thinking “All and all it’s just a

Copy the bee image and paste into any given photo manipulation program. Rotate image 180 degrees.

//saving for umop 3p!sdn, maybe.

Thanks, Zero! I assume you’re talking about the one in the bees, right? It’s looking like I should’ve gone with that one instead of my Coffee Skies A (but I really liked that one).

Bees: Some I figured, even given the theme, were just too artsy-fartsy for fark voters
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orionid/5590990700/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orionid/5590974204/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orionid/5590973068/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orionid/5590968452/

Wow, I like all of them, but the purple fence is so insane it deserves an explicit mention. The photo is composed and shot well, but it’s only just bizarre to think someone painted a fence that color on purpose! My first reaction was that it was some oddball camera you built to mess with colors. 🙂 Also, I’m glad you posted the full res image so I could figure out what that damned yellow poster was.. If I ever find myself in New London looking for a musical venue, I now know to go to the El ‘N’ Gee club.

Also, the weird old, hazy, monochromatic images in the other three above a very nice too, especially with the annotations about how they were created. The work required to prepare to get those photos is just as cool as the photos themselves. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear you got a call from Mythbusters at some point to help test some random “can you make a photograph with FOO” theory.

Zero, thanks again. And I agree with Choc-Ful-A on your Rusty Sail – it really grabbed me when I first opened it.

orionid, I like your sunflowers. Also like the soda can flamingos and I’m surprised it’s not doing better in this contest. Then again, I’m not sure voters are voting on this one based on theme adherence or applicability. There are a few with decent vote counts that are neat shots but not what I’d call artsy. Not complaining at all, just my opinion.

As to predicting the voters whims, I’m in the same boat as the rest of y’all. I posted my shots in the order I thought they’d place and as of now they’re completely swapped.

I haven’t posted one of these in a while and since rav mentioned vote counts, here’s how vote totals have been running:

Hugging this one pretty close to the average line, which is good since 4 out of the last 5 have been pretty far below average (vote count-wise only, not a commentary on theme quality).