Question - Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder or is bad just bad?
Jan 10, 2018 12:15:04 #
The first two severely blurry photos are (i am so sorry) really awful, they actually hurt my eyes trying to distinguish what the object in the photo is. The second two, I can tell now that it is a bird in flight, but still not great. In my opinion blurry in Never, ever good. Unless of course you are referring to the blurred background of shallow depth of field, but you do have to have something in the photo be tack sharp.
Good luck to you
Good luck to you
Jan 10, 2018 12:48:07 #
Well, some people like what is commonly referred to as "modern art" or "abstact art/paintings". That has never been my cup of tea,
because they do not resemble anything living or dead, but, to each his own. As for the bird photos, I would have to say really bad.
If you are the only one viewing the shots and they give you pleasure, then that's all that matters.
Beauty is definitely in the eyes of the beholder, even when the photos are sharp and in perfect focus.
If everyone liked the same things there wouldn't be enough to go around.
because they do not resemble anything living or dead, but, to each his own. As for the bird photos, I would have to say really bad.
If you are the only one viewing the shots and they give you pleasure, then that's all that matters.
Beauty is definitely in the eyes of the beholder, even when the photos are sharp and in perfect focus.
If everyone liked the same things there wouldn't be enough to go around.
Jan 10, 2018 13:09:39 #
It's a fine line between convincing the viewer that you intentionally tried to create "art" vs. you are just covering up bad photography. To me, your examples are photographic mistakes.
Jan 10, 2018 13:55:04 #
Mistakes are mistakes. Mistakes aren't art. Art is in the beholder's eye, but needs to be a specific result of specific decisions by the beholder. When a mistake appears to be art it is a coincidence.
Jan 10, 2018 14:01:58 #
I framed my oil painting palette once. It met all the requirements of an artistic oil painting. No one was amused or edified.
Jan 10, 2018 19:29:38 #
Jan 10, 2018 19:47:07 #
classic320 wrote:
De gustibus non disputantum est (hope I got the spelling right, been quite a few years since Latin class).
disputandum
Jan 10, 2018 19:48:31 #
Fotoartist wrote:
I framed my oil painting palette once. It met all the requirements of an artistic oil painting. No one was amused or edified.
I love that. And you know, someone out there would think it was art.
Jan 10, 2018 21:21:03 #
Jan 10, 2018 22:25:10 #
cdavis7820 wrote:
Can a really bad quality picture also be looked as art? I proposed this question in "Birds in Flight" and the answer is overwhelmingly No for the pictures I used.
Now I'm trying to see if the perceptive is different based on group.
Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder or is bad just bad?
Thank You
Now I'm trying to see if the perceptive is different based on group.
Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder or is bad just bad?
Thank You
1 and 2 are truly unique. They are the first photos exclusively of Bokeh. No subject what so ever, just bokeh. You have invented a whole new school of photography. Congratulations.
Jan 11, 2018 07:58:07 #
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cdavis7820 wrote:
Can a really bad quality picture also be looked as art? I proposed this question in "Birds in Flight" and the answer is overwhelmingly No for the pictures I used.
Now I'm trying to see if the perceptive is different based on group.
Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder or is bad just bad?
Thank You
Now I'm trying to see if the perceptive is different based on group.
Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder or is bad just bad?
Thank You
yes
Jan 11, 2018 08:20:38 #
I would like to thank everyone for the good, bad, and ugly feedback.
This was a bad picture. I had my camera with me as I was looking at ice covered Lake Erie, saw the bird did a point and shoot out the car window.
I like most would have just deleted the bad pic and moved on, however, when I viewed it and started cropping it, strangely I started liking it.
That's when I decided to post the question here. I thought it was a good conversation piece good or bad feedback.
I'm going to frame the close up one in a rustic white 5 x7 frame and hang in my office. This will surely keep the conversation going!
What is artist, really... or how many licks to the center of a tootsie pop, no one person really knows.
This was a bad picture. I had my camera with me as I was looking at ice covered Lake Erie, saw the bird did a point and shoot out the car window.
I like most would have just deleted the bad pic and moved on, however, when I viewed it and started cropping it, strangely I started liking it.
That's when I decided to post the question here. I thought it was a good conversation piece good or bad feedback.
I'm going to frame the close up one in a rustic white 5 x7 frame and hang in my office. This will surely keep the conversation going!
What is artist, really... or how many licks to the center of a tootsie pop, no one person really knows.
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