Travel & Landscape Photo Predjudice
Jan 19, 2018 13:21:15 #
G Brown wrote:
Each to their own...
I can't take images of nudes - my wife objects!
I can't take images of people in general - I make them look ugly!
I can't take pictures of birds alone - too much like collecting stamps!
That leaves landscapes and buildings, boats and harbours, flowers and fungi, woodlands and wetlands, seascapes and mountains etc etc
This is what interests me. Probably why I am getting better at it too.
Go with what you are good at.
I can't take images of nudes - my wife objects!
I can't take images of people in general - I make them look ugly!
I can't take pictures of birds alone - too much like collecting stamps!
That leaves landscapes and buildings, boats and harbours, flowers and fungi, woodlands and wetlands, seascapes and mountains etc etc
This is what interests me. Probably why I am getting better at it too.
Go with what you are good at.
If you don't like a particular subject or genre, no law says you have to shoot in it! I live in Montana, where the entire state population numbers just over 1 million! More mountains, lakes, streams, critters, barns, farms, old railroads, etc. here than people!
Jan 19, 2018 13:24:44 #
jcboy3 wrote:
Consider the preoccupation of macro shooters with bugs. Blecchhh!
Yeah, a 1000x magnification of a fly, while technically a fine accomplishment, always brings to mind the Jeff Goldblum movie where he turns into one! :-) But hey, if that floats your boat, then shoot away!
Jan 19, 2018 13:29:05 #
Well, it's all right now
I've learned my lesson well
You see you can't please everyone
So ya got to please yourself...
-- Rick Nelson, Garden Party
I've learned my lesson well
You see you can't please everyone
So ya got to please yourself...
-- Rick Nelson, Garden Party
Jan 19, 2018 14:44:47 #
Jan 19, 2018 15:11:43 #
tenny52
Loc: San Francisco
Stephan G wrote:
You too?
just like fishing, it is not about how big, but about the moment.
that's why I have never caught any big fish yet
The worst day photographing is better than the best day working.
Jan 19, 2018 17:01:38 #
alx
Loc: NJ
Stephan G wrote:
You too?
Been so long since I had time for me, I'm not sure what I'd do with it.
Nope - scratch that. I'd be in the hospital with a heart attack.
Jan 23, 2018 05:58:20 #
gnawbone
Loc: Southern Indiana
repleo wrote:
You think Landscape photos are repetitive? What about birding photos! It seems like 98% of the birding photos I see here on UHH are shot dead center with all the creativity of a passport photo.
Sorry - I know this will be blasphemy to a lot of people, but I just don't 'get' the attraction towards bird photography. Is it about the birds or about the photography? I don't open any post that even remotely sounds like a bird photo.
Sorry - I know this will be blasphemy to a lot of people, but I just don't 'get' the attraction towards bird photography. Is it about the birds or about the photography? I don't open any post that even remotely sounds like a bird photo.
I do the same if I think it is a picture of a flower - better known at our house as deer food.
I don't mind looking at pictures of street photography, some are very interesting especially city scapes / architecture. I don't find people photos all that interesting - they can be interesting to talk to but I don't care to look at them smoking a cigarette, sitting on a milk crate, walking their dog, or whatever
I was taking a picture of an alley that had some unique lamp posts and there was a bench there with a woman sitting on it and she was smoking a cigarette. She asked me not to include her in the picture (she said she didn't want her smoking documented ....?) - I was polite and pretended like I was honoring her request but privately I was hoping she would leave and get out of the way.
Aug 24, 2018 07:55:18 #
What's wrong with "Different strokes for different folks."? Let every individual photograph whatever they want and don't worry about it.
Aug 24, 2018 09:25:21 #
tommystrat wrote:
Well, it's all right now
I've learned my lesson well
You see you can't please everyone
So ya got to please yourself...
-- Rick Nelson, Garden Party
I've learned my lesson well
You see you can't please everyone
So ya got to please yourself...
-- Rick Nelson, Garden Party
Nov 12, 2018 06:33:59 #
how on earth can landscapes be boring,go to Scotland,the lake district of England, go to the Yorkshire dales,etc,etc, if you find the scenery boring there I feel so sorry for you.
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