*OFFICIAL* Snapshot of the Day (one image per post please) #1

Activ · 06-30-2011, 01:06 PM

I like this shot for some reason. Me and a buddy of mine went driving around looking for shooting locations and drove by this and had to fire a few shots out... Creeper status

_MG_0045 by Trevor Thompson, on Flickr

rodi · 06-30-2011, 01:29 PM

it's crooked.

TL · 06-30-2011, 01:29 PM

Manhattan Bridge by GQjai, on Flickr

M_Six · 06-30-2011, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Chewy734

I take it the woman in the background was the one driving it?

Don't think so. There were lots of college kids standing around (and blocking my path to my parking lot). I think it was some kid who was probably too busy texting to see the ditch.

M_Six · 06-30-2011, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by rodi

it's crooked.

But only by 1% or so.

M_Six · 06-30-2011, 01:32 PM

Nice shot, TL. No Batman, though.

TL · 06-30-2011, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

Nice shot, TL. No Batman, though.

why dont show off ur PS skills and add him in

Activ · 06-30-2011, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

But only by 1% or so.

The house was actually built on the side of a hill

dcstep · 06-30-2011, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by rodi

it's crooked.

I could just be you and me rodi. I see lots and lots of crooked shots lately...

dcstep · 06-30-2011, 02:12 PM

We had a picnic at the side of the reservoire that's surrounded by the nature preserve where I take a lot of my wildlife shots. In this shot the sun has just set, but there's a sail boat race finishing up in front of the dam and some really nice clouds. Shot with the 5D MkII and my EF 24-105mm f/4L IS:

Cherry Creek Reservoire sail boat race by dcstep, on Flickr

Activ · 06-30-2011, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dcstep

I could just be you and me rodi. I see lots and lots of crooked shots lately...

2 of my last 5 images are dutch angle eeek

rodi · 06-30-2011, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

Nice shot, TL. No Batman, though.

no batman, no bueno.

rodi · 06-30-2011, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Activ

2 of my last 5 images are dutch angle eeek

Dutch angles have a purpose. There's absolutely no need for it in 99.9% of photography. It should serve a purpose to help portray a particular type of subject or the balance of a chosen composition (a car is parked on a 40-degree steep incline and the scene has a lot of parallel and perpendicular elements to COMPLEMENT a dutch angle that puts the car parallel with the edges of a frame, for example).
Tilting the camera to try and make a shot "interesting" is a crutch and used to try to exude some form of creativity that isn't there. It's a gimmick and always misused by the naivety of the novice photographer who has not yet perfected his or her eye for pleasing composition by use of the basic elements of art.

There. I said it.

This is in no way directed at you, Activ. This is just a boiling pot spilling over with rage. Well, not really that much. But it's a problem.

<3 everyone!

Chewy734 · 06-30-2011, 03:38 PM

rodi, what's your opinions on selective coloring?

rodi · 06-30-2011, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Chewy734

rodi, what's your opinions on selective coloring?

Chewy734 · 06-30-2011, 03:45 PM

I was hoping for a tirade than something so... curt

rodi · 06-30-2011, 03:47 PM

adrean8j · 06-30-2011, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by rodi

Dutch angles have a purpose. There's absolutely no need for it in 99.9% of photography. It should serve a purpose to help portray a particular type of subject or the balance of a chosen composition (a car is parked on a 40-degree steep incline and the scene has a lot of parallel and perpendicular elements to COMPLEMENT a dutch angle that puts the car parallel with the edges of a frame, for example).
Tilting the camera to try and make a shot "interesting" is a crutch and used to try to exude some form of creativity that isn't there. It's a gimmick and always misused by the naivety of the novice photographer who has not yet perfected his or her eye for pleasing composition by use of the basic elements of art.

There. I said it.

This is in no way directed at you, Activ. This is just a boiling pot spilling over with rage. Well, not really that much. But it's a problem.

<3 everyone!

This type of problem?

Tommy aka Steve Irwin's 350z by Adrean8j, on Flickr

Chewy734 · 06-30-2011, 03:56 PM

those types of photos annoy and disorient me... no offense

adrean8j · 06-30-2011, 04:00 PM

None taken...just wanted to know if that was the phenomenon Rodmeister was talkin' about. BTW that was taken before I knew half the stuff I have learned here and elsewhere in the last year.

M_Six · 06-30-2011, 04:05 PM

Note to self: No tilted pics. No selective coloring. And don't even think about mentioning jewelry.

Chewy734 · 06-30-2011, 04:06 PM

unless it's man jewelry... rodi's all about that

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dcstep Major General 1290 Rep 7,389 Posts Drives: '09 Cpe Silverstone FR 6MT Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Colorado iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 M3 [8.40]	We had a picnic at the side of the reservoire that's surrounded by the nature preserve where I take a lot of my wildlife shots. In this shot the sun has just set, but there's a sail boat race finishing up in front of the dam and some really nice clouds. Shot with the 5D MkII and my EF 24-105mm f/4L IS: Cherry Creek Reservoire sail boat race by dcstep, on Flickr __________________ Flickr Photos Ucm, Inc.
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