Paris, Notre Dame
Aug 12, 2015 10:47:22 #
Here I am on a river boat trying to capture some images of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Aug 12, 2015 11:06:01 #
I wasn't that fond of the use of black & white, but then I downloaded it. It's a wonderful image, rich and detailed. Great capture. Post-processing on a riverboat! That's hardcore.
Aug 12, 2015 14:22:41 #
Aug 13, 2015 06:25:12 #
[quote=Ultra-Man]Here I am on a river boat trying to capture some images of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.[/quote Nicely done Ivan
Aug 13, 2015 09:32:58 #
wish you would have gotten more of it. Its way in the back. Its a nice pic all and all
Aug 13, 2015 09:35:24 #
The download is a must on this one. I was not real crazy about the image until I saw the download. There is so much more detail than first meets the eye.
Aug 13, 2015 10:40:34 #
LennyP4868 wrote:
wish you would have gotten more of it. Its way in the back. Its a nice pic all and all
Still sorting through photos. I'll post another one of Notre Dame shortly. Check back soon.
Aug 13, 2015 10:53:09 #
OK the classic picture of N D is from the Back Hope you got one
Ultra-Man wrote:
Still sorting through photos. I'll post another one of Notre Dame shortly. Check back soon.
Aug 13, 2015 12:18:47 #
LennyP4868 wrote:
OK the classic picture of N D is from the Back Hope you got one
Oh, goodness! "THE CLASSIC PICTURE... THE CLASSIC PICTURE..."!! What is so wonderful about this photograph is the fact that it isn't "THE CLASSIC" (Read: cliche) photo. How many more slot canyon photos, Big Bend photos, Amish plow horse photos do we have to see before our brains are sufficiently numbed and our sense of the wonderfully unique is left dessicated and moldy hanging on the wall? Wilde said, "There is no sin, except stupidity." Well, I would add one: embracing the cliche.
Just because it's in focus doesn't make it worth seeing.
Aug 13, 2015 13:02:10 #
Aug 17, 2015 09:05:28 #
Ok lets be frank its a piece of crap
rdgreenwood wrote:
Oh, goodness! "THE CLASSIC PICTURE... THE CL... (show quote)
Aug 17, 2015 13:41:36 #
LennyP4868 wrote:
NO, NO, NO, IT'S NOT "A PIECE OF CRAP" AT ALL! IT'S A GREAT SHOT!Ok lets be frank its a piece of crap
My point was that "classic" shots are far too often cliche, and we should more often do what was done here: seek a new way of seeing things, eschew the banal and take more risks.
Aug 17, 2015 13:56:56 #
rdgreenwood wrote:
NO, NO, NO, IT'S NOT "A PIECE OF CRAP" AT ALL! IT'S A GREAT SHOT!
My point was that "classic" shots are far too often cliche, and we should more often do what was done here: seek a new way of seeing things, eschew the banal and take more risks.
My point was that "classic" shots are far too often cliche, and we should more often do what was done here: seek a new way of seeing things, eschew the banal and take more risks.
Amen!
Aug 18, 2015 09:12:26 #
Yes but consider this: You are telling me that the subject is Notra Dame. If so why is it only about 5% of your entire picture. I would be hard pressed as a viewer to figure out your subject. .could be the river ????? when I say classic I don't mean the pic that everyone takes I mean the pic that is much more interesting that the one you took. So why can't you take the back of the church and do it in your own creative way.
rdgreenwood wrote:
NO, NO, NO, IT'S NOT "A PIECE OF CRAP" AT ALL! IT'S A GREAT SHOT!
My point was that "classic" shots are far too often cliche, and we should more often do what was done here: seek a new way of seeing things, eschew the banal and take more risks.
My point was that "classic" shots are far too often cliche, and we should more often do what was done here: seek a new way of seeing things, eschew the banal and take more risks.
Aug 18, 2015 09:48:24 #
LennyP4868 wrote:
I'm placed in an odd position here, defending an image that I didn't capture; so I wish the OP would wade in. But I'll attempt to answer the question.Yes but consider this: You are telling me that the subject is Notra Dame. If so why is it only about 5% of your entire picture. I would be hard pressed as a viewer to figure out your subject. .could be the river ????? when I say classic I don't mean the pic that everyone takes I mean the pic that is much more interesting that the one you took. So why can't you take the back of the church and do it in your own creative way.
The image places the cathedral in a broader context. I see no need to make the subject quantitatively dominant; qualitatively dominant accomplishes what was intended. I'm reminded of the photo of Lincoln delivering his Gettysburg Address: Lincoln is hard to discern, blurry and packed into a crowd, but the photo is undeniably about Lincoln. A photograph's subject doesn't have to command space; it should, as it does in the image we're discussing, command attention.
I can't help noticing that you argue "[The photo] could be of the river." You don't say, "could be of the Seine," which is, I believe, the river in the foreground. I'm guessing that your phrasing is tied to the photographer's intent.
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