If you were manager of the “Landscape Section”....
Nov 28, 2018 17:42:57 #
DWU2 wrote:
I think once the new section gets going, it won't be necessary to split hairs. But when there is a question, hopefully we'll see respectful discussion and well expressed opinions. Someone suggested landscape photographers are a "mellow" group It's hard to know where to draw the line. Although it's no blue-ribbon winner, what about this one, with landscape in foreground and urban in background?
Nov 28, 2018 18:05:40 #
What does the dictionary say? 
Landscape - noun
1. a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
2. a picture representing natural inland or coastal scenery.
3. (Fine Arts) the category of aesthetic subject matter in which natural scenery is represented.
Landscape - noun
1. a section or expanse of rural scenery, usually extensive, that can be seen from a single viewpoint.
2. a picture representing natural inland or coastal scenery.
3. (Fine Arts) the category of aesthetic subject matter in which natural scenery is represented.
Nov 28, 2018 18:12:54 #
The following in my mind are NOT landscape photographs: 2,4,5,9,10.
For a photograph to be classified as "Landscape" it should predominately be composed of natural geography. An example of a non-landscape photograph would be, say, a 1948 Packard in the middle of the woods or field. Despite the surrounding geography, the Packard is the focal point. The structures and water wheel in photograph 2 cannot be classified as Landscape, notwithstanding the surrounding greenery, because they too are the focal point and not the surrounding geography.
Best,
Jason
For a photograph to be classified as "Landscape" it should predominately be composed of natural geography. An example of a non-landscape photograph would be, say, a 1948 Packard in the middle of the woods or field. Despite the surrounding geography, the Packard is the focal point. The structures and water wheel in photograph 2 cannot be classified as Landscape, notwithstanding the surrounding greenery, because they too are the focal point and not the surrounding geography.
Best,
Jason
Nov 28, 2018 19:24:55 #
JasonC wrote:
The following in my mind are NOT landscape photogr... (show quote)
Oh dear!!! I had such high hopes !! If a new Landscape section is going to be confined to 'natural geography' or '...primarily about nature: the vast outdoor spaces in the world' (sorry Linda) - count me OUT. My natural draw is towards instances where Man has intervened or interacted with nature in a sensitive, sympathetic or even augmentative way. Are we to outlaw images of man-created Palouse cornfields, New England stone walls, or Tuscan vineyards? Are lighthouses, windmills, hilltop poderas, Prairie cabins to be taboo? If we only accept shots of vast open untouched spaces, the Section will become a repository of fantastical PP'd skies and mirror lakes.
Nov 28, 2018 19:31:00 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
rotfl
Though you saw I do not believe #2 is landscape, right?
Though you saw I do not believe #2 is landscape, right?
Yes, I agree with you, interesting thoughts though. I will read more closely later tonight.
Nov 28, 2018 19:56:16 #
repleo wrote:
Oh dear!!! I had such high hopes !! If a new Lan... (show quote)
I believe you might have missed a post or three. "Man made" is not being rejected out of hand. I would hope not as man is just as much a part of nature as is a blade of grass. What is being discussed are images in which the primary object of attention is man made. A photo of a barn for instance would be unacceptable if the barn is the overwhelming part of the picture. On the other hand if the man made object(s) are only a fraction then no problem. I think this would be acceptable for instance.
Nov 28, 2018 23:45:17 #
Rich1939 wrote:
..... as man is just as much a part of nature as is a blade of grass.
Rich, that is my point. In your (very nice) picture, it is not just the silo and barn that is man-made. The meadow foreground and silage field in the midground are just as 'man-made' as the buildings. They are the results of decades of labor and cultivation. The only 'natural' elements in the picture are the sky and the woods (maybe) but they are secondary to the overall composition. The silo is the focal point and the picture would be weak without it. Nevertheless, to my mind it is a 'Landscape'. Would it be any less of a 'Landscape' if the focal silo was strengthend by leading lines of man-made field stone walls or split rail fences? If it is not a Landscape - then what is it?
I am not trying to be argumentative. I am just hoping that if this Landscape forum comes to fruition, that it won't be constrained by an overly restrictive or narrow definition of 'Landscape'.
Nov 29, 2018 00:26:17 #
#1 yes, My grade curve is quite a bit more severe than most. Probably because as I work my craft I download and categorize my "landscape" images into three sub sets: landscape, scenic-distant, and scenic-close. Most
#2 yes?? of these images would fall into one of the "scenic" folders.
#3 no
#4 no
#5 no
#6 yes??
#7 no
#8 yes
#9 no
#10 no
#2 yes?? of these images would fall into one of the "scenic" folders.
#3 no
#4 no
#5 no
#6 yes??
#7 no
#8 yes
#9 no
#10 no
Nov 29, 2018 00:52:32 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Apparently so. I'm holding out for #2 not being a landscape
I totally agree with you on all of these, Linda.
While an excellent image, #2's main subject is the mill, not the landscape.
Tim
Nov 29, 2018 04:42:46 #
Nov 29, 2018 06:32:56 #
I was going to say all except the bird. However if you Google "what constitutes an image of a landscape;" it talks about vast and microscopic parts of our suroundings, pieces of nature (bird?) and scenes "as is" and disturbed (snow?)
So..... ALL.
uote=Uuglypher]...should each of the following images be acceptable to post in the “Landscape Photography Section”
(no critiques, please!)
Please respond to each number with “Yes” or “No”
Thanks,
Dave[/quote]
So..... ALL.
uote=Uuglypher]...should each of the following images be acceptable to post in the “Landscape Photography Section”
(no critiques, please!)
Please respond to each number with “Yes” or “No”
Thanks,
Dave[/quote]
Nov 29, 2018 06:36:46 #
rmalarz wrote:
1-Yes
2-Yes
3-Yes
4-No
5-No
6-Yes
7-Yes
8-Yes
9-No
10-No
--Bob
2-Yes
3-Yes
4-No
5-No
6-Yes
7-Yes
8-Yes
9-No
10-No
--Bob
Spot on.
Nov 29, 2018 07:01:16 #
Uuglypher wrote:
...should each of the following images be acceptable to post in the “Landscape Photography Section”
(no critiques, please!)
Please respond to each number with “Yes” or “No”
Thanks,
Dave
(no critiques, please!)
Please respond to each number with “Yes” or “No”
Thanks,
Dave
1-Yes
2-Yes
3-Yes
4-No
5-No
6-Yes
7-Yes
8-Yes
9-No
10-No
Recently in another "Landscape" topic we discussed the terms "Landscape" and "Scene". I would suggest #2 is a "Scene" and that "Scene" should be a sub-category of "Landscape". and that there could be other sub-categories of Landscape.
Nov 29, 2018 07:35:50 #
Nov 29, 2018 07:41:41 #
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