The Photography Thread

[swee'pea99]

Have to say, tho' there are some great shots on this thread, I've seen nowt to compare with the work of Melvil, late of this parish, who has (as 'Semi-detached') a book on Flickr featuring any number of stunning shots, including this one, which I nicked ages ago and still use as the home page on my phone:

 

[betty swollocks]

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Thanks for the feedback.

Unfortunately in California, during the middle of summer, dramatic clouds are few and far-between, so I worked with what I had! I agree that something on the road would have looked good (if only one of the native locals had been going down the road on horseback, as they occasionally do) but time was limited and we had to move on.

I realised that. Just sayin' like

I'll experiment with cropping down the photo.

Don't hold me to it!!

 

[SimonJKH]

Oooh, hadn't noticed this thread before. I'm certainly more of a dabbler/tinkerer in photography, but I'll join the fun.

The A12 Ipswich.

Felixstowe pier.

The Jurassic Coast through a Holga

Durdle Door on some early, unstable "Impossible Project" film. Note our dog insisting on getting in the shot!

 

[betty swollocks]

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Ooooo, a photography thread. Me likes.
Yesterday, Evesham.

A nice warm autumnal picture and you have the red in it too!

You could always crop it slightly at the bottom and left to emphasise the line of the river bank, the trees/lamp posts and bridge more, but hey, it could almost be a postcard in itself as it is!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I'm bored, I've had my fill for the next 5 years, I'm off!

 

[Silver Fox]

Beddgelert.

 

[hotmetal]

Beddgelert.

Far from being a dead dog, that pic!

 

[Rezillo]

Montecatini last week:

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

OK, <sigh> that's tecchy showing off isn't it? The point of the photo, I thought, wasn't 'minimalist photography' but that the landscape is empty. Unusual and beautiful. Cloudless sky, road disappearing into infinity, nobody else around, travel on it into the unknown. It spoke to me of that very clearly. I've known art teachers who used a similar technique to you MDB - ignore the poetry in favour of pointing out that you've missed the golden section or the holy diagonals by a mile.

I don't slavishly follow the rules, but I do know what I'm talking about.

 

[laurence]

if you enjoy taking photographs, then do it. i take them for me, if someone else likes them, fair enough... if not, fair enough.

i hang out with photographers every week and we all do and like different things. just enjoy it.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

if you enjoy taking photographs, then do it. i take them for me, if someone else likes them, fair enough... if not, fair enough.

i hang out with photographers every week and we all do and like different things. just enjoy it.

There are no exact hard and fast rules, its true, but I stand by my statement that you need to know the rules before you can break them.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Well it's always character-building to know that one has produced a boring photograph isn't it

I really have hit a nerve here, haven't I?

 

[TVC]

I'm bored, I've had my fill for the next 5 years, I'm off!

If you're 'off' then how come you're still posting?