08-29-12 – Gone, Daddy, Gone – Its not photography, its Farktography

This topic has 57 replies, 18 voices, and was last updated 11 years, 8 months ago by CauseISaidSo.

Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 (of 58 total)

1 2 3 4 →

Author

Posts
July 25, 2012 at 9:03 pm #2775

Elsinore
Keymaster

Take a photo with vanishing point perspective.

Another quality theme by orionid!

August 26, 2012 at 4:59 pm #48359

Barracuda
Participant

Trying to narrow down my picks for this one. Can I get some input on a couple:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7VsGMEiBgZM/UDpJWE2Sg8I/AAAAAAAAJvE/iJypGAtBcOM/s912/IMG_3440.jpg
vs
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/–l7i_Dt_wqs/UDpJaNozOeI/AAAAAAAAJvM/1ilQtWplGjM/s912/IMG_3407.jpg

and

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nRt2JIib8fA/UDpOjMDSaQI/AAAAAAAAJvo/qOlcl3LB8aI/s800/IMG_0945bw.jpg
vs
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Ro5d2yn249E/UDpPTJ8RoEI/AAAAAAAAJvw/fh_y9K7L57g/s912/IMG_1300.jpg
vs
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qahdgaxLiNs/UDpVuqNkRaI/AAAAAAAAJxA/WqySqYKB9JM/s912/IMG_1284.jpg

August 26, 2012 at 5:04 pm #48358

fluffybunny
Participant

+ IMG_1300.jpg

August 26, 2012 at 5:16 pm #48357

lokisbong
Participant

I like 3440 and 1284. Still working on this one myself I think I have two of them not happy with my attempts for three last night. gonna try again later.

August 27, 2012 at 2:55 am #48360

Yugoboy
Participant

Vanishing point should be in the image, yes?

If no, how is any image with any depth at all not a potential entry?

I’m prepping my pix now, and I’m planning on at least 2 having strong straight lines and being firmly within the traditional interpretation. A third may end up being a shot from a river gorge with a semi-obvious point. A separate option has strong lines, but the vanishing point is off the image tot he right.

August 27, 2012 at 3:37 am #48361

Barracuda
Participant

I’d say any image that shows strong “lines” to a vanishing point would be within the bounds of the contest.

This image has a lot of depth, but no recognizable visual vanishing point:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ATX2i-8GrAM/UDFJcq3DkTI/AAAAAAAAJGQ/yGepmCkzu44/s1024/IMG_6418.jpg

As far as the river gorge goes, as long as it has a the feeling of a vanishing point vs just a narrowing of the gorge, you certainly wouldn’t lose my vote even if the point is “semi-obvious”. I am trying to stay away from the typical long straight road shots, which isn’t too difficult as I don’t have many decent shots of that sort.

August 27, 2012 at 4:06 am #48362

lokisbong
Participant

So this is good right? No obvious end to the road but serious vanishing point action.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lokisbongs-pictures/7869809480/sizes/o/in/photostream/
This is just a b though I have even better.

August 27, 2012 at 5:43 am #48363

Yoyo
Participant

“Are those railroad tracks?!?”

August 27, 2012 at 7:26 am #48364

lokisbong
Participant

Do you mean Barracudas pictures. I believe they are. Not a train I would want to ride on. rather wavy tracks huh?

August 27, 2012 at 11:29 am #48365

Barracuda
Participant

“Are those railroad tracks?!?”

Indeed they are (or were!) Now long out of service, and many Texas summer days have warped the tracks along this stretch.

August 27, 2012 at 12:53 pm #48366

Yugoboy
Participant

I have a feeling we’re going to see a butt-load of RR tracks.
I’ve got 2 as Bs, but opted against for this very reason.

August 27, 2012 at 1:05 pm #48367

emiliogtz
Participant

I also have my share of RR tracks and roads, but given that I’ve missed the last two contests, I want to enter this one with new images. Have one or two ideas, maybe one will work out.

August 27, 2012 at 2:37 pm #48368

lokisbong
Participant

Man what I would do for some rails that are more than a few feet long with nothin obstructing the view down the tracks. the only tracks around here are not very long and are in one of the two museums and have old mining carts on them. Makes it really hard to get that vanishing point thing to work.

August 27, 2012 at 4:53 pm #48369

ravnostic
Participant

There was literally no discussion in the theme suggestion thread, so I offer our favorite reliable source of information, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing_point

Personally, I agree we’re going to have a ton of roads, rails, and tunneled interiors. One of which will be fabulously shot, and then sublimely processed, and it will be the winner.

I’ll just hope I can at least make a good showing, as I’ve done a lot of traveling this past year (though not lately) and a lot of urban photography as well (ditto), and I’m shooting for ‘outside the box but within the realm’. The voters will sort it all out in the end.

August 27, 2012 at 5:57 pm #48370

bender16v
Participant

I’m having a little trouble coming up with ideas for this one. I took some last week with this in mind, but upon further review I don’t think that they fit and are basically of a pattern with shallow DoF. I have one idea that might work and I’ll try to set it up today.
Author

Posts

Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 (of 58 total)

1 2 3 4 →

The topic ‘08-29-12 – Gone, Daddy, Gone’ is closed to new replies.